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

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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

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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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