impunity
English
/ɪmˈpjuːnɪti/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) Exemption from punishment.
- (uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (pay, pile up, honor, value, build, stow, avenge, observe, gather, pile).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷey-
Gloss
pay, pile up, honor, value, build, stow, avenge, observe, gather, pile
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
払
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- painlessly English
- painlessness English
- painstaking English
- painstakingly English
- painstakingness English
- penalization English
- penalize English
- penologic English
- penological English
- penologically English
- penologist English
- punishability English
- punishable English
- punisher English
- punitive English
- punitively English
- repinement English
- repiner English
- repiningly English
- unrepining English
- unrepiningly English
- poena Latin
- puniō Latin
- Τιμάνθης Ancient Greek
- Τιμοκρέων Ancient Greek
- Τιμολέων Ancient Greek
- Τιμοσθένης Ancient Greek
- Τιμοφάνης Ancient Greek
- Τιμόθεος Ancient Greek
- Τισίας Ancient Greek
- Τισαμενός Ancient Greek
- ποινή Ancient Greek
- τίμημα Ancient Greek
- τίνω Ancient Greek
- τίω Ancient Greek
- τιμάω Ancient Greek
- φιλότιμος Ancient Greek
- Ἀριστότιμος Ancient Greek
- *kʷes- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷey- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷi-meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷoynéh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *kʷéytis Proto-Indo-European
- *hwajją Proto-Germanic
- pīnian Old English
- चिता Sanskrit
- paynful Middle English
- paynles Middle English
- peinfully Middle English
- sub pena Middle English
- *kàjati Proto-Slavic
- punissement Old French
- pénalité Middle French
- *hwai gmw-pro
- *ad-kʷis-o- Proto-Celtic
- *kʷinuss Proto-Celtic
- *poiwéō Proto-Hellenic