Etymology

impunity

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Today it means: Exemption from punishment. Full definition →

Middle French impunité ← Latin impunitas
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  1. Latin · derived fromimpunitas
  2. Middle French · derived fromimpunité
  3. English todayimpunity

From Middle French impunité, from Latin impunitas, from impunis (“without punishment”).

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