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  1. OED's earliest evidence for impunity is from 1532, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. impunity is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin impūnitās.

  2. Dec 7, 2020 · 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). also from 1530s.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Oct 13, 2014 · It is about impunity—living as if there is no God, as if there is no justice woven into the fabric of God’s world. This is a story of David, the practising atheist. Against David’s act of royal impunity comes the prophet Nathan armed with a parable.

  6. 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.

  7. Sep 28, 2017 · 1560s, "preponderance, dominance, leadership," originally of predominance of one city state or another in Greek history; from Greek hēgemonia "leadership, a leading the way, a going first;" also "the authority or sovereignty of one city-state over a number of others," as Athens i. moot.

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