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Impunity vs Exemption - What's the difference?

impunity | exemption |

As nouns the difference between impunity and exemption

is that impunity is exemption from punishment while exemption is an act of exempting.

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 .

    exemption

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of exempting.
  • The state of being exempt; immunity.
  • A deduction from the normal amount of taxes.
  • Freedom from a defect or weakness.

    • Synonyms

    * free pass * get out of jail free card * immunity