amnesty
See also: Amnesty
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/
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.
Related terms
Translations
forgetfulness
act of the sovereign power
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Verb
amnesty (third-person singular simple present amnesties, present participle amnestying, simple past and past participle amnestied)
- To grant a pardon (to a group)
Translations
to grant a pardon (to a group)
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Further reading
- amnesty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- amnesty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- amnesty at OneLook Dictionary Search
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