impune

VERB

fight

Synonyms

WEAK

assail challenge contradict deny gainsay resist

Example Sentences

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Wait a minute, he has basically used his answer to impune my integrity.

From Time • Nov. 14, 2015

To paraphrase the Scottish national motto, Nemo me impune lactessit.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Atque utinam his potius nugis tota illa dedisset Tempora saevitiae, claras quibus abstulit urbi Illustresque animas, impune ac vindice nullo."

From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

United Empire. he emblem of Scotland is the thistle, the device Nemo me impune lacessit.

From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max

Nec facta est tamen illa parens impune, quod almi Tam parcens uteri venerit ille puer.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard