scot-freeadverb
uk/ˌskɒtˈfriː/us/ˌskɑːtˈfriː/without receiving the deserved or expected punishment or without being harmed:
The court let her off scot-free.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not punishing & reducing punishment
- absolve
- amnesty
- clemency
- commutation
- commute
- diplomatic immunity
- discharge
- free pardon
- get (sb) off (sth)
- hook
- impunity
- let
- let sb off
- off the hook idiom
- pardon
- parole
- remission
- remit
- spare
- unpunished
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