AMNESTIED

AMNESTY

amnesty

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

amnestied

simple past tense and past participle of amnesty

Adjective

amnestied (comparative more amnestied, superlative most amnestied)

That has been given amnesty; whose past offences have been forgiven.

Anagrams

• Mendaites, Mendietas, Tiedemans, dementias, semantide, seminated

Source: Wiktionary


AMNESTY

Am"nes*ty, n. Etym: [L. amnestia, Gr. 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.]

Definition: To grant amnesty to.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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