Unpunishment

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Lack of punishment; failure to punish. uncountable

    "It is perhaps superfluous to belabor the extent, cost and unpunishment of antitrust crime. It is documentable and undeniable."

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"It is perhaps superfluous to belabor the extent, cost and unpunishment of antitrust crime. It is documentable and undeniable."

Etymology

From un- + punishment.

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