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 When union dues are forced, union bosses can ignore workers’ needs and interests with impunity. — Mark Mix, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Hans Ludwig Joseph, the corruption agency’s former head, had raised concerns about the dysfunctional justice system and the near-total impunity surrounding financial crimes in Haiti. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for impunity

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Noun

That result shocked many Germans who had believed their country had developed an immunity to nationalism and assertions of racial superiority after confronting the horrors of its Nazi past through education and laws to prohibit persecution.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
During captivity, the animals get their vaccine shots for the plague and canine distemper, which grants them lifelong immunity.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of immunity

Noun

Board members increased that protection to nine months in 2024, adding reimbursement for medical insurance coverage for Hill and her eligible dependents.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
The pollster and the newspaper described the lawsuit as a conspiracy theory and an affront to free speech protections.

— Hannah Fingerhut, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

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There are other exemptions as well, like if a diesel truck has a gross vehicle weight rating over 14,000 pounds, like a massive Ford F-350 dually, doesn’t need smog testing.

— Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 24 Sep. 2026
My amendment accomplishes this goal simply by granting an antitrust exemption so that college athletes and schools can make their own deals, without unelected judges or politicians micromanaging every detail of compensation and eligibility.

— Sen. Rand Paul OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of exemption

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