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Acquittal vs Impunity - What's the difference?

acquittal | impunity |

As nouns the difference between acquittal and impunity

is that acquittal is while impunity is (countable|legal) exemption from punishment.

acquittal

English

(wikipedia acquittal)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (legal) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
  • Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
  • (rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.

    • Related terms

    * acquit * justification * innocence

    Antonyms

    * conviction * condemnation

    impunity

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, legal) Exemption from punishment.
  • (uncountable) Freedom from punishment or retribution; security from any reprisal or injurious consequences of an action, behaviour etc.
  • * 1846 , :
    • I must not only punish but punish with impunity . A wrong is undressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 495:
    • The remoteness of the prison made the authorities feel they could ignore us with impunity .