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Definition of impunity:

  • (noun) exemption from punishment or loss

Sentence Examples:

To begin with, it was an admitted fact that in their platoon they might get drunk with impunity.

We could be ridiculed and ignored with impunity, and so we were laughed at, and put on the table.

Let them obtain for English Catholics such a written promise of impunity, if they love the salvation of souls.

I could only stroke their beards and shake their bodies a little, which was of course done with impunity.

Impunity, however, made us bold, and we were inclined to think that the threatened attack would never take place.

He, however, began to indulge in a little more liberty, and for several days he enjoyed it with impunity.

Some persons eat it with impunity, but for the vast majority it should be taken only in small quantities.

He was going to show Biscuit that nobody could throw a can of paint in his face with impunity.

The specific gravity of our bodies is now so little that we could jump twice that distance with impunity.

After feeding this the animal could be easily turned over on its back and its ear pricked with impunity.

So, this fallen carcass which has no feelings and upon whose face one steps with impunity is our George!

When this is done we may with impunity identify our consciousness with that of anything in nature; not before.

"Surely you should know, Dirk Morris, that one cannot pass with impunity from one universe of vibration to another?"

Misty rights were now reduced to a tangible form, and could no longer be broken with so great impunity.

If the wound into a cavity can be closed and healed, the air will remain with impunity until absorbed.

You can leave them here in my room until you are exchanged, and then you can carry them with impunity.

No one calls upon him for help in vain; but, let it be added, no one offends him with impunity.

Pardon and privilege of clergy shall henceforth be abolished, that none may be induced to injure through hope of impunity.

There was no firing of any kind and both our men and the enemy exposed themselves with impunity.

Shaded himself he could with impunity watch the least expression on the sensitive and noble countenance before him.

I had done enough to convince them I would not allow them to do wrong to the immigrants with impunity.

The impunity of the first insurrection had borne its natural fruits, and wholesome severity could alone restore quiet.

There was no approach to the house from the rear, and his retreat was always effected with impunity.

Crimes may be committed with impunity and debts may be contracted without any means to enforce their payment.

Now one cannot with impunity wear dancing pumps and open jacket out of doors on a bleak day in October.

A law that may be broken with impunity is taken to be the toying of a legislator not in earnest.

The Rebels were taught in the most practical manner, that insurrection was not to be indulged in with impunity.

The most arbitrary measures were resorted to by the officers of the prison, and carried out with perfect impunity.

Under these circumstances, a person of fairly good constitution may plunge into the water with impunity, even with benefit.

You may, of course, commit any crime with impunity if the professional politicians among the lawyers refuse to prosecute.

Phrasing and time keeping are two of the prime essentials in musical delivery, and cannot be neglected with impunity.

Whatever the effect of such a life may be upon a man, a girl cannot lead such a life with impunity.

He advised with great caution, specifying how far he conceived this sort of thing might be carried with impunity.

Impunity has been their privilege, while the mass of the community were forced to subscribe to the bitter penalty.

In those ages of darkness, what disorders and crimes must have prevailed when impunity could be purchased with money!

You would have thought that every one had taken advantage of his mask to speak his mind with impunity.

Home was that he could take burning coals from the fire with impunity and carry them in his hand.

Two or three of our armed men kept the advance as scouts, but we now journeyed with comparative impunity.

Can no man with impunity look into his own heart and ask himself how his life has been spent?

The stranger and foreigner especially, may move about the streets at any hour of the night, with perfect impunity.

On the other hand, the legitimate kings, abandoning the legitimate kings, will fall: principles are not denied with impunity.

You are forty-six, your heart is not good, and blood cannot surge through your brain much longer with impunity.

"They are not termed slaves; yet a man may strike a man with impunity because he pays him wages."

Even as it is, they set justice at defiance, and carry on the most illegal practices almost with impunity.

Some children can eat everything with apparent impunity and their parents usually pay no attention to what they eat.

Only wait till you are in my power, and you shall learn that I was never yet defied with impunity.

Robberies, murders, and other crimes, have greatly increased, and the most dreadful deeds are now committed with impunity.

He made that mistake, common to his kind, of imagining that he could continue that sort of thing with impunity.

Or, rather, habits which in Great Britain might have been indulged in with comparative impunity, in Jamaica were rapidly fatal.

You've got me to deal with, and I'd like to see the person who can cross my path with impunity.

Being concealed from view, from the nature of the ground they could concentrate against any point with impunity.

She had got quite wet, for the weather would not let her play the simple life with impunity.

Employees whose salaries ranged above a certain figure might be groaned at but could not, with impunity, be sworn at.

All sorts of attempts were made in literature, and imaginative works, always easiest when most fantastic, were published with impunity.

The frequent impunity of the most serious crimes arises from the growing enmity of opinion to the punishment of death.

It is but a horrible insult, which this old man, because he is feeble, thinks he may launch with impunity.

They were then hung, one on each side, on the back of a spare mule, and thus carried with impunity.

I was in the open, without cover, liable to be shot down with impunity from the edge of the ravine.

It must not be said that in our century a wretch can with impunity crush the lives of two families.

Marjory was a person of too much importance to be allowed to be out of temper, or out of heart, with impunity.

The child therefore feels his way, and ascertains by repeated experiments how far he may proceed with impunity.

If that singular remedy would work to such a charm with all my men, I'd tell lies with impunity.

It is always so with some people; they think a doctor can be deceived with the same impunity as another man.

There were times when its feeling could be abused with impunity, and other times when this must be respected.

No stranger can enter their stables with impunity; for he is very powerful, and on such occasions very savage.

He claimed that he was a gentleman, and while he behaved like a gentleman, he declined to be insulted with impunity.

No Europeans can live here, so unhealthy is it, nor can even one night be passed in this quarter with impunity.

Clearly, they had decided that he was possessed of no supernatural powers and could now be bullied with impunity.

If a man, therefore, is powerful enough to defy the law with impunity, he has a perfect right to do so.

On my third visit she allowed me to put my hands into her cage, and handle her with impunity.

The only provoking part of the business was, that the pirate would in all probability get away with impunity.

An umbrella may be carried closed with impunity, but it must not be opened unless the author desire to court failure.

It reminds every brute in the city that he cannot lose his temper and kick his horse with impunity.

Many plants which during the day may be eaten with impunity by cattle, actually become poisonous during the night!

A man, however strong he may be, cannot with impunity hear the word "gold" constantly buzzing in his ears.

The result of this discrepancy in the number of shells was that the enemy could shell us with impunity.

Deceive, if you are wise, the fair alone with Impunity; for this one piece of deceit only is good faith to be disregarded.

Many weapons are cast, though seldom with impunity, at the leader of the army, and the most distinguished warriors.

That his hopes of impunity are not without reason greater than his fears of punishment the following facts attest.

In places where formerly we could not show ourselves without being fired on we can now pass with impunity.

Yet, since the beginning of time, wild animals, as foxes and wolves, have fed with impunity on such bones.

Their robbing us with impunity he by no means considered as a reason for our treating them in the same manner.

And indeed it was very hard, that nineteen of us should be bullied by three villains, continually offending with impunity.

She is one of the very few who can undertake with impunity to talk and laugh at the same time.

Into this she had slipped, and I could look out now with impunity, sure that she would not see me.

It wants all people to submit to its requests, and only the very strong ones can resist it with impunity.

Now, in the practice of the art of music one never with impunity pours new harmonic wine into old bottles.

Anything that is merely useful is hideous, and anyone who can handle such things with impunity has not true culture.

The sacred thing is par excellence that which the profane should not touch, and cannot touch with impunity.

We swallow some things with impunity, which we could not support in the mouth if the burning substance remained there.

A remarkable instance of the impunity with which murder is committed in that town occurred two years before our visit.

It was impossible that such things could be said with impunity in his presence, but what was he to do?

A single instance or two will be sufficient, in illustration of the impunity which generally attends these acts of violence.

He was almost certain of impunity, and he felt heavy, anxious joy, the joy of having got over the crime.

The nervous type can not be abused with impunity, for the bodies of these delicately balanced children are easily disturbed.

At twenty-one the affections cannot be outraged with impunity, but have an awkward way of asserting themselves, ties of honor notwithstanding.

I have known all those regulations broken with impunity, and in most cases without protest from the other Powers.

That letter shall cost your lordship fifty guineas, I don't allow people to write to me in that style with impunity.

She even showed me the retreat which a few days ago I would not have discovered with impunity to you all.

He gave me a scowl, which showed how ready he was for the crime if he could commit it with impunity.