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
Türk said Haitian authorities, who have been struggling to restore security amid a rocky political transition, have to work to end the impunity gangs enjoy.
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
And these are perhaps the virtues that are most needed in a world where the powerful have the impunity to break things in the name of science, and where science can give us only an objective, ostensibly value-neutral view of reality.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
The pontiff and Voltaire discussed the dire situation in Haiti, where gangs have killed civilians and operate across the Caribbean nation with impunity.
—Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
The decision amounted to a sweeping cloak of impunity for Trump supporters who upended the country’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power by trying to overturn his election defeat four years ago.
—Michelle Price, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
And these are perhaps the virtues that are most needed in a world where the powerful have the impunity to break things in the name of science, and where science can give us only an objective, ostensibly value-neutral view of reality.
—Michaëla De Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
The pontiff and Voltaire discussed the dire situation in Haiti, where gangs have killed civilians and operate across the Caribbean nation with impunity.
—Trisha Thomas, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
The decision amounted to a sweeping cloak of impunity for Trump supporters who upended the country’s tradition of peaceful transfers of power by trying to overturn his election defeat four years ago.
—Michelle Price, Twin Cities, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impunity
Noun
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First, people don’t have long-lasting immunity to norovirus.—
Discover Magazine,
Discover Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump helped shape a Supreme Court that granted all presidents presumed immunity for official acts in office.—
Axios,
Axios,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Its slim design fits easily into bags and pockets, including your favorite belt bag, while providing essential protection against digital theft.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Feb. 2025
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What To Know The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which serves as the human resources department for the federal government, gave the order to lay off probationary workers, who have not gained the protections that many other federal workers have, the AP reported.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Most also allow exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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Those retaliatory duties are expected to hit every country that imposes import duties on the U.S., though exemptions for some sectors are reportedly being considered.—
Ganesh Rao,Jenni Reid,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Impunity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impunity. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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