Meaning of AMNESTY
| Pronunciation: | | 'amnistee
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- [n] the formal act of liberating someone
- [n] a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
- [n] a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- [v] grant a pardon to (a group of people)
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| | Synonyms: | | free pardon, pardon, pardon |
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| | See Also: | | clemency, exemption, freedom, mercifulness, mercy, pardon, warrant | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Am"nes*ty\, n. [L. amnestia, Gr. ?, a forgetting, fr. ?
forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + ? to remember: cf. F.
amnistie, earlier amnestie. See {Mean}, v.]
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\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Amnestied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Amnestying}.]
To grant amnesty to.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolution, exculpation, excuse, exemption, exoneration, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, nolle prosequi, non prosequitur, nonprosecution, pardon, redemption, remission, remission of sin, reprieve, shrift, sparing, stay |
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