IMPUNITY Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

impunity

noun

im-ˈpyü-nə-tē

Definition of impunity

as in immunity

freedom from punishment, harm, or loss she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity

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Recent Examples of impunity Others are being drawn — sometimes forcibly — into Myanmar's civil war or toward Rohingya militant groups and criminal gangs, which rights advocates say operate with impunity. — Lorcan Lovett, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 Each of these men is willing and able to save Palestinian lives with their bare hands, even if that means traveling to a place where children are murdered at 600 times the rate in Ukraine, and doctors are targeted with similar impunity. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026 The massacre devastated Wilmington’s flourishing Black middle class and sent a message of impunity to white vigilantes nationwide. — Namara Smith, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026 And the Iranian regime could strike with impunity at its neighbors, including Israel. — Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for impunity

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Kellen used to work for Jeffrey Epstein as an assistant, was given immunity years ago, and was subpoenaed by the DOJ last spring.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Malnutrition can also lessen the immunity conferred by a vaccine.

— Ali Asif Shawon, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of immunity

Noun

Both Mac security firm Jamf and a researcher have documented macOS variations of ClickFix that can bypass Gatekeeper protections.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
Nearly a quarter of the buildings in Manhattan are under some landmark protections, and in some neighborhoods, like the Upper West Side and Berman’s Village, more than 70 percent of the area is under landmark protections.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of protection

Noun

The rule has traditionally included exemptions for bona fide news programming, but the FCC has raised questions about whether some political talk-show appearances qualify for those protections.

— Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
The Kansas City Star filed a lawsuit to make the deal public, and a Jackson County judge ruled this week that the deal could remain shielded from public view, citing exemptions in the Missouri Sunshine Law.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

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