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impunity

N การ ได้รับ ยกเว้น จาก การ ลงโทษ  รอดพ้น จาก สถานการณ์ ไม่ดี  exemption kan-dai-rab-yok-wen-jak-kan-long-thod

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMPUNITY

n.[L. impunitas; in and punio, to punish. ] 1. Exemption from punishment or penalty. No person should be permitted to violate the laws with impunity. Impunity encourages men in crimes.
2. Freedom or exemption from injury. Some ferocious animals are not be encountered with impunity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMPUNITY

Im *pu "ni *ty, n. Etym: [L. impunitas, fr. impunis without punishment; pref. im- not + poena punishment: cf. F. impunité. See Pain. ]

 

Defn: Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss. Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is neimpunity defied. Cowper. The impunity and also the recompense. Holland.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

impunity

im pu ni ty |imˈpyo͞onitē ɪmˈpjunədi | noun exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action: the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings | protesters burned flags on the streets with impunity . ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin impunitas, from impunis unpunished, from in- not + poena penalty or punire punish.

 

Oxford Dictionary

impunity

impunity |ɪmˈpjuːnɪti | noun [ mass noun ] exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action: the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings | protestors burned flags on the streets with impunity . ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Latin impunitas, from impunis unpunished , from in- not + poena penalty or punire punish .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

impunity

impunity noun the lawsuit attempts to fight the impunity that these military officials have enjoyed for too long: immunity, indemnity, exemption (from punishment ), freedom from liability, nonliability, license; amnesty, dispensation, reprieve, pardon, exoneration; stay of execution; privilege, favoritism, special treatment, carte blanche. ANTONYMS liability. PHRASES with impunity they boldly break laws at will, and do so with impunity: without punishment, with no ill consequences, scot-free, unpunished.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

impunity

impunity noun the impunity enjoyed by military officers implicated in civilian killings: immunity, indemnity, exemption from punishment, freedom from punishment, exemption, non-liability, licence; amnesty, dispensation, pardon, reprieve, stay of execution, exoneration; privilege, special treatment, favouritism; French carte blanche. ANTONYMS liability, responsibility. PHRASES with impunity criminals who appear to flout the law with impunity: unpunished, with no ill consequences, with no ill effects, without being punished, without punishment; scot-free.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

impunity

im pu ni ty /ɪmpjúːnəti /名詞 U 刑罰 [害 ]を受けないですむこと, 無事 with impunity 罰を受けることなく, 無難に