Synonyms of impunity

impunity

noun

im-ˈpyü-nə-tē 

as in immunity

freedom from punishment, harm, or loss

she mistakenly believed that she could insult people with impunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• immunity
• protection
• exemption
• security
• defense
• safety
• forgiveness
• absolution
• shield
• cover
• armor
• guard
• screen
• safeguard
• dispensation
• aegis
• buffer
• bumper
• absolving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liability
• exposure
• susceptibility
• vulnerability
• openness
• susceptibleness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of impunity

The novel also alludes to contemporary examples of violence in the country’s current, democratic system, gesturing to the ways in which brutality persists in Brazil as state and corporate power continue to commit violence with near impunity. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026

But this is a story about how Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police handled the hanging death of a Black girl in the South, a region where white people publicly lynched Black people with impunity a few generations ago. — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026

Gérald Marie potentially raped dozens of young women between the 1980s and the 2000s, acting with a sense of total impunity and within an utterly intolerable culture of rape. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

An egregious example is the International Criminal Court (ICC), which was established in 2002 to bring powerful perpetrators to justice for committing the world’s worst crimes with impunity. — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

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