Definizione monolingua

impunity

impunity (countable and uncountable; plural impunities)

1. (countable, law) Exemption from punishment.
2. (uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
   • 1846, Edgar Allen Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:

     I must not only punish but punish with impunity. A wrong is undressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 495:

     The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity.

Definizione dizionario impunity

	impunità
	Being exempt from punishment or loss.

Altri significati:

(countable, law) Exemption from punishment.

(uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.