impunity.

Freedom from punishment or other adverse consequences for an action.

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Words that belong together

• act with impunity
• apparent impunity

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Officials diverted public funds with impunity for years.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.