amnesty Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
  2. noun a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
    pardon.
  3. noun the formal act of liberating someone
    free pardon; pardon.
  4. verb grant a pardon to (a group of people)

WordNet

Am"nes*ty noun
Etymology
L. amnestia, Gr. , a forgetting, fr. forgotten, forgetful; priv. + to remember: cf. F. amnistie, earlier amnestie. See Mean, v.
Definitions
  1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Am"nes*ty transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect past participle Amnestied present participle & verbal noun Amnestying
Definitions
  1. To grant amnesty to.

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