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Meaning of punity | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Punishment, punitiveness.

uncountable

Examples

“And all were deterred from looking any farther into 'em, than what they were pleased to shew by Threats of Punity[.]”
“[I]t is the very nature and essence of vice and criminal uneasy factionists to grow worse, while they are neglected with punity to go on in their crimes under cover there are many second causes these works of darkness will admit almost innurmerable shifts and changes.”
“It is quite obvious that he cannot be amenable to the punity provisions of section 409 unless he commits criminal breach of trust in respect of property with which he has been entrusted in his capacity of public servant.”
“The victim holds open the possibility of reconciliation, but only upon witnessing the "punity" that is lacking in "impunity"[.]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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