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impunity

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P Y UW1 N IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Exemption from punishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

exemption from punishment or loss

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exemption, freedom

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: impunitat — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不受懲罰性 /不受惩罚性 (bú shòu chéngfá xìng) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免罰 /免罚 (miǎnfá) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免於罪責 /免于罪责 (miǎn yú zuìzé) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免於責罰 /免于责罚 (miǎn yú zéfá) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免於懲罰 /免于惩罚 (miǎn yú chéngfá) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免於懲戒 /免于惩戒 (miǎn yú chéngjiè) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免於懲處 /免于惩处 (miǎn yú chéngchǔ) — exemption from punishment
  • Chinese Mandarin: 免於懲治 /免于惩治 (miǎn yú chéngzhì) — exemption from punishment
  • Finnish: koskemattomuus — exemption from punishment
  • French: impunité — exemption from punishment
  • German: Straflosigkeit — exemption from punishment
  • German: Straffreiheit — exemption from punishment
  • Ancient Greek: ἄδεια (ádeia) — exemption from punishment
  • Hungarian: büntetlenség — exemption from punishment
  • Japanese: 刑事免責 (keiji menseki) — exemption from punishment
  • Latin: impūnitās — exemption from punishment
  • Macedonian: неказнетост (nekaznetost) — exemption from punishment
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нєкарацосц (njekaracosc) — exemption from punishment
  • Polish: bezkarność — exemption from punishment
  • Portuguese: impunidade — exemption from punishment
  • Russian: освобожде́ние от наказа́ния (osvoboždénije ot nakazánija) — exemption from punishment
  • Russian: ненаказу́емость (nenakazújemostʹ) — exemption from punishment
  • Scottish Gaelic: saorsa o pheanas — exemption from punishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: nekažnjenost — exemption from punishment
  • Serbo-Croatian: nekažnjivost — exemption from punishment
  • Spanish: impunidad — exemption from punishment
  • Turkish: cezasızlık — exemption from punishment
  • Ukrainian: звільнення від покарання (zvilʹnennja vid pokarannja) — exemption from punishment
  • Armenian: անպատժելիություն (anpatželiutʻyun) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Azerbaijani: cəzasızlıq — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Belarusian: беспакара́насць (bjespakaránascʹ) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Belarusian: бяска́рнасць (bjaskárnascʹ) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Bulgarian: безнаказа́ност (beznakazánost) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Catalan: impunitat — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有罪不罰 /有罪不罚 (yǒuzuìbùfá) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有罪不訴 /有罪不诉 (yǒuzuìbùsù) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有責不究 /有责不究 (yǒuzébùjiū) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Czech: beztrestnost — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Danish: straffrihed — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Dutch: straffeloosheid — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Faroese: revsiloysi — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Finnish: rankaisemattomuus — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • French: impunité — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Georgian: დაუსჯელობა (dausǯeloba) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • German: Straflosigkeit — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Greek: ατιμωρησία (atimorisía) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Ancient Greek: ἄδεια (ádeia) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Hungarian: büntetlenség — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Icelandic: refsileysi — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Indonesian: impunitas — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Italian: impunità — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Kazakh: жазасыздық (jazasyzdyq) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Latin: impūnitās — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Lithuanian: nebaudžiamumas — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Macedonian: неказнивост (nekaznivost) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Norwegian Bokmål: straffrihet — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: straffridom — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нєкарацосц (njekaracosc) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Polish: bezkarność — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Portuguese: impunidade — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Portuguese: imunidade — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Russian: безнака́занность (beznakázannostʹ) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: нека̀жњиво̄ст — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Serbo-Croatian: nekažnjivost — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Slovak: beztrestnosť — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Slovene: nekaznovanost — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Spanish: impunidad — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Swedish: straffrihet — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Turkish: cezasızlık — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • Ukrainian: безка́рність (bezkárnistʹ) — freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.