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AMNESTY
amnesty, pardon, free pardon
(noun) the formal act of liberating someone
pardon, amnesty
(noun) a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
amnesty
(noun) a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
amnesty
(verb) grant a pardon to (a group of people)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Amnesty
Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.
Anagrams
• Matneys, Yetmans, maytens
Etymology
Noun
amnesty (countable and uncountable, plural amnesties)
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Verb
amnesty (third-person singular simple present amnesties, present participle amnestying, simple past and past participle amnestied)
To grant a pardon (to a group)
Anagrams
• Matneys, Yetmans, maytens
Source: Wiktionary
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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