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      • Etymologically, the term springs from impunité in Middle French, that in turn derives from the Latin impune (in [not] + poena [punishment, pain]) originally from the ancient Greek poine [penalty]. Poena, the spirit of punishment in Roman mythology, attends to Nemesis, the goddess of retribution.
  1. Dec 7, 2020 · impunity (n.) 1530s, from French impunité (14c.) and directly from Latin impunitatem (nominative impunitas ) "freedom from punishment, omission of punishment," also "rashness, inconsideration," from impunis "unpunished, without punishment," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + poena "punishment" (see penal ).

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      impunity 뜻: 면책; 1530년대, 프랑스어 impunité (14세기)에서 유래하였으며, 직접적으로...

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      "unbestraft" (veraltet), 1610er Jahre, aus dem Lateinischen...

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  3. The earliest known use of the noun impunity is in the mid 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for impunity is from 1532, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr.

  4. Impunity (like the words pain, penal, and punish) traces to the Latin noun poena, meaning "punishment." The Latin word, in turn, came from Greek poinē, meaning "payment" or "penalty." People acting with impunity have prompted use of the word since the 1500s.

  5. Impunity is the ability to act with exemption from punishments, losses, or other negative consequences. [1] In the international law of human rights, impunity is failure to bring perpetrators of human rights violations to justice and, as such, itself constitutes a denial of the victims' right to justice and redress.

  6. Impunity is a theme that suffuses literature, fables, and art throughout the ages; and in modern times impunity surfaces as among the concerns of the global human rights movement. International criminal courts and tribunals assume, and have been assigned, many lofty goals.

  7. The noun 'impunity' has its etymological roots in Latin. It derives from the Latin word 'impunitas,' which combines 'in,' meaning 'not,' and 'poena,' meaning 'punishment' or 'penalty.' In essence, 'impunitas' conveyed the concept of exemption from punishment or freedom from harm or retribution.

  8. Dec 19, 2016 · The term impunity refers to an exemption from punishment, or avoidance of penalties, in a situation which clearly calls for punishment. This might apply to someone who ultimately is not punished for wrongdoing, because the state failed in its duty to investigate and prosecute the crime.

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