Amnesty

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.
  • v. To grant a general pardon to.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  • n. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
  • v. To grant a pardon (to a group)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  • n. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
  • v. To grant amnesty to.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A forgetting or overlooking; an act of oblivion; specifically, a general pardon or conditional offer of pardon of offenses or of a class of offenses against a government, or the proclamation of such pardon.
  • n. Synonyms Absolution, etc. See pardon, n.
  • pret. and pp. amnestied, ppr. amnestying. [⟨ amnesty, n.] To grant an amnesty to; pardon.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  • n. the formal act of liberating someone
  • n. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
  • v. grant a pardon to (a group of people)
  • Verb Form
    amnestied    amnesties    amnestying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    warrant    mercifulness    clemency    mercy    exemption    freedom    pardon   
    Variant
    amnestied   
    Form
    amnestied    amnestying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    forgetfulness    oblivion    pardon   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts