\Im*pu"ni*ty\, n. [L. impunitas, fr. impunis without
punishment; pref. im- not + poena punishment: cf. F.
impunit['e]. See {Pain}.]
Exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss.
      Heaven, though slow to wrath, Is never with impunity
      defied.                                  --Cowper.
      The impunity and also the recompense.    --Holland.