Impunity

Definition: Impunity

Impunity

Noun

1. Exemption from punishment or loss.

Date "impunity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Satire	IMPUNITY, n. Wealth. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Acquittal	Impunity; diplomatic immunity; immunity; plea bargain, deal with the prosecutor.
Escape	N.escape, scape; avolation, elopement, flight; evasion; (avoidance); retreat; narrow escape, hairbreadth escape; close call; come off, impunity.
Safety	AdVerb: ex abundanti cautela; with impunity.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Impunity

English words defined with "impunity": Cultrivorous ♦ Impunibly. (references)

Specialty definitions using "impunity": Nemo Me Impune Lacessit. (references)

Etymologies containing "impunity": Impunibly. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You always disturb evidence with such impunity, Buck? (American Gothic; writing credit: Mariana Reyes; Doris Segu�)
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Domain	Title
Books	Human Rights Crisis in Kashmir: A Pattern of Impunity (reference) Impunity and Human Rights in International Law and Practice (reference) Impunity, an Ethical Perspective: Six Case Studies from Latin America (reference) Judging Criminal Leaders - The Slow Erosion of Impunity (NIJHOFF LAW SPECIALS Volume 55) (reference) Mexico Torture With Impunity (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Quotation
Duc de La Rochefoucauld	Wit sometimes enables us to act rudely with impunity.
Francois De La Rochefoucauld	We often do good in order that we may do evil with impunity.
Mary Queen Of Scots	No one provokes me with impunity.
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Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	To ask how you may be guarded from harm, or injury, on that side where the strongest hand is to do it, is presently the voice of faction and rebellion: as if when men quitting the state of nature entered into society, they agreed that all of them but one, should be under the restraint of laws, but that he should still retain all the liberty of the state of nature, increased with power, and made licentious by impunity. (Second Treatise of Government)
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Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Now, people do not read stupidities with impunity.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	So, we are told, the New Hollander goes naked with impunity, while the European shivers in his clothes.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Georgia	Police increasingly harassed and abused street children with impunity. (references)
Civil Liberties	Mexico	In its mid-year report, the IAPA corroborated this assertion of impunity for past crimes against journalists. (references)
	El Salvador	In the past, legislative deputies have argued that misuse of the provision could lead to impunity and corruption by limiting the watchdog role of the press. (references)
Discrimination	Honduras	The Constitution also bans discrimination on the basis of class; however, in practice, the political, military, and social elites generally enjoyed impunity under the legal system. (references)
Economic History	Guyana	Pirating of TV satellite signals is widespread and takes place with impunity. (references)
	Guatemala	Signed in March 1994, aimed at strengthening human rights organizations and ending impunity. (references)
Human Rights	Colombia	However, impunity remains a problem. (references)
	Sri Lanka	Consequently, torture continues with relative impunity. (references)
	Pakistan	In general police continued to commit such killings with impunity. (references)
Minorities	Equatorial Guinea	Bubis allegedly led the January 1998 separatist revolt on Bioko, after which the Fang-dominated Government and the security forces intensified their longstanding institutionalized repression of the Bubis and allowed Fang vigilante groups to abuse Bubi citizens with impunity. (references)
Political Economy	Angola	Impunity was a serious problem. (references)
	Guinea	Members of the security forces committed abuses with impunity. (references)
Trade	Burma	Items deemed essential by the government along with contraband, such as narcotics, appear to leave the country rather freely, and prohibited "luxury" consumer items are imported with apparent impunity. (references)
Women	Afghanistan	In a climate of secrecy and impunity, it was likely that domestic violence against women remained a serious problem. (references)
	India	Only 10 percent of rape cases are fully adjudicated by the courts, and police typically fail to arrest rapists, thus fostering a climate of impunity. (references)
Worker Rights	Laos	At least one major trafficker in the southern part of the country is said to be acting with impunity. (references)
	Haiti	Female workers in the assembly sector report that some employers sexually harass female workers with impunity. (references)
	Colombia	Union leaders contend that perpetrators of violence against workers, particularly members of paramilitary groups, operate with virtual impunity. (references)
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people.
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"Impunity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Impunity" is used about 102 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	102	32,309

Expressions using "impunity": congressional impunity ♦ with impunity. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "impunity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pandëshkueshmëri, mosndëshkim. (various references)

Arabic		‏حصانة (exterritoriality, immunity, impregnability, inviolability, invulnerability, sacredness), ‏إفلا ت من العقوبة. (various references)

Bulgarian		безнаказаност. (various references)

Chinese		不受惩罚. (various references)

Czech		beztrestnost (indemnity). (various references)

Farsi		معافیت ازمجازات , معافیت اززیان , بخشودگی (Immunity, Indemnity). (various references)

Finnish		rankaisematta (unpunished, with impunity). (various references)

French		impunité. (various references)

German		straflosigkeit. (various references)

Greek		ασυδοσία (immunity). (various references)

Hebrew		פטור מעו� ש. (various references)

Hungarian		büntetlenség. (various references)

Italian		impunit� . (various references)

Korean		무사. (various references)

Manx		seyrsnyskerraghey. (various references)

Pig Latin		impunityay.(various references)

Portuguese		propulsor (engine, jet, motor, propellant, propellent, propeller, propelling, propylene, thruster). (various references)

Romanian		impunitate. (various references)

Russian		безнаказанность. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nekažnjenost. (various references)

Spanish		impunidad. (various references)

Swedish		strafflöshet (indemnity). (various references)

Turkish		cezasız kalma, cezadan muaf olma. (various references)

Ukranian		безкарність. (various references)

Vietnamese		sự không bị trừng phạt sự không bị thiệt hại, sự không bị mất mát, sự được miễn hình phạt. (various references)
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Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	impunitatem. (various references)
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Misspellings
	"Impunity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Impney, impugnity, impuity, impunify, imunity, inpunity. (additional references)
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# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "impunity" (pronounced i'mpyuw"nutē)
6	-y uw" n u t ē	community, disunity, immunity, unity.
5	-uw" n u t ē	opportunity.
4	-n u t ē	affinity, alkalinity, amenity, dignity, divinity, eternity, femininity, fraternity, humanity, indemnity, indignity, infinity, inhumanity, insanity, masculinity, maternity, modernity, obscenity, paternity, profanity, salinity, sanity, serenity, solemnity, Trinity, vanity, vicinity, virginity.
3	-u t ē	ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, ambiguity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, diversity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, equity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indestructibility, individuality, inequality, inequity, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, materiality, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, sanctity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, triviality, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "i-i-m-n-p-t-u-y"
	-2 letters: mutiny.
	-3 letters: input, minty, punty, unity.
	-4 letters: impi, inti, mini, mint, mity, muni, pint, piny, pity, punt, puny, pyin, tiny, tipi, tump, tyin, unit.
	-5 letters: imp, mun, mut, nim, nip, nit, nut, pin, pit, piu, pun, put, tin, tip, tui, tun, tup, ump, yin, yip, yum, yup.
	Words containing the letters "i-i-m-n-p-t-u-y"
	+3 letters: importunity, multiplying.
	+4 letters: municipality, pneumaticity.
	+5 letters: impecuniosity, pusillanimity.
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