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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary im·pu·ni·ty ETYMOLOGY Middle French or Latin; Middle French impunité,from Latin impunitat-, impunitas, from impune without punishment, from in- + poena punishment — more at pain DATE 1532 : exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss laws were flouted with impunity English Etymology impunity 1532, from L. impunitatem (nom. impunitas) "freedom from punishment, omission of punishment," from impunis "unpunished, without punishment," from in- "not" + poena "punishment" (see penal). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 impunity im·pun·ity / im5pju:nEti / noun[U] (formal, disapproving) if a person does sth bad with impunity, they do not get punished for what they have done 免于惩罚；不受惩处；逃过惩罚 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition n. Function: noun Synonyms: EXEMPTION , immunityWebster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged im·pu·ni·ty \ə̇mˈpyünəd.ē, -nətē, -i\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitat-, impunitas, from impunis unpunished (back-formation from impune, adverb, without punishment, from in- in- (I) + -pune, irregular from poena punishment, pain) + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at pain : exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss < trespassing with impunity > < many individuals can with apparent impunity remain essentially infants forever, intellectually — Weston La Barre > |
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