Which concept denotes 'exemption from punishment or consequences'?

• A. Impunity
• B. Retribution
• C. Connoisseurship in wine
• D. Narrative viewpoint

Answer: (A)

Impunity means exemption from punishment or consequences. It describes a situation where someone can act without facing legal or social accountability, often because of immunity, power, or ineffective enforcement. For example, a leader who acts with impunity faces no consequences for abuses of power. This differs from retribution, which is punishment as a form of justice; connoisseurship in wine is simply expertise in wine; and narrative viewpoint is the perspective from which a story is told.