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Amnesty

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noun. A general pardon granted by a government.

transitive verb. To grant a general pardon to.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

noun. A forgetting or overlooking; an act of oblivion; specifically, a general pardon or conditional offer of pardon of offenses or of a class of offenses against a government, or the proclamation of such pardon.

noun. Synonyms Absolution, etc. See pardon, n.

pret. and pp. amnestied, ppr. amnestying. [⟨ amnesty, n.] To grant an amnesty to; pardon.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive verb. To grant amnesty to.

noun. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

noun. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

noun. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

noun. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

verb. To grant a pardon (to a group)

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

noun. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

noun. the formal act of liberating someone

noun. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment

verb. grant a pardon to (a group of people)

Word Usage

"Is that still where the line is drawn on the term amnesty or are there shades of gray?"

Form

amnestied amnestying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

clemency exemption freedom mercifulness mercy

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

abolition absolution atonement banishment clemency

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

absolution exculpation excuse exemption exoneration

variant

amnestied

verb-form

amnestied amnesties amnestying