English → Latin
“impunity” in Latin
impūnitāsimpunity, freedom from punishment; securityimpūnisunpunishedimpūnītusunpunished; unrestrained, unbridled; safe, securedīmittōto send away, send forth, send off, dismiss, let go; to renounce, give up, abandon, forego, forsake; to pardon, forgive,sinōto let; to permit; to allow; to put; to lay; to set down
The English word impunity itself goes back to Latin poena, through impunitas.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
impunity
impunitas. (The words are found in this connection and order.) venia et impunitas. The hope of impunity, spes impunitatis. With impunity, impune: impunite (rare; Cic.). To escape with impunity, impune abire or dimitti: to commit anything with impunity, aliquid impune ferre, habere, or facere: to let anything be committed with impunity, aliquid impunitum ferre, sinere, or omittere; also, omittere, praetermittere or relinquere aliquid (☞ Matth., ad Cic., Manil., 5, 11, p. 77); aliquid inultum impunitumque dimittere (Cic.): to let anybody escape with impunity, aliquem impunitum or incastigatum dimittere; aliquem lion punire: sins are committed with impunity, peccata impune dilabuntur: he shall not escape with impunity, inultum id nunquam a me auferet; hoc haud sic auferet; hoc ei non sic abibit (comedy): to secure impunity, impunitatem consequi: to have secured forever an impunity for all one’s crimes, habere impunitatem et licentiam sempiternam.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for impunity?
- The usual Latin words for “impunity” are impūnitās, impūnis, impūnītus; also dīmittō, sinō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.