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Webster 1913 Edition
Impunity
Im-pu′ni-ty
,Noun.
[L.
impunitas
, fr. impunis
without punishment; pref. im-
not + poena
punishment: cf. F. impunité
. See Pain
.] Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
Heaven, though slow to wrath,
Is never with
Is never with
impunity
defied. Cowper.
The
impunity
and also the recompense. Holland.
Webster 1828 Edition
Impunity
IMPU'NITY
,Noun.
1.
Exemption from punishment or penalty. No person should be permitted to violate the laws with impunity. Impunity encourages men in crimes.2.
Freedom or exemption from injury. Some ferocious animals are not be encountered with impunity.