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am·nes·ty
Audio Help [am-nuh-stee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty·ing.
Audio Help [am-nuh-stee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty·ing. –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction. |
| 2. | Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, esp. to a class of persons as a whole. |
| 3. | a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense. |
| 4. | to grant amnesty to; pardon. |
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| am·nes·ty
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n. pl. am·nes·ties A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses. tr.v. am·nes·tied, am·nes·ty·ing, am·nes·ties To grant a general pardon to. [Latin amnēstia, from Greek amnēstiā; see amnesia.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
amnesty
"pardon of past offenses," 1580, from Fr. amnestie "intentional overlooking," from L. amnestia, from Gk. amnestia "oblivion" (see amnesia). Amnesty International founded 1961 as Appeal for Amnesty. The name was changed 1963.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| amnesty | |
noun | |
| 1. | a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment |
| 2. | a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [syn: pardon] |
| 3. | the formal act of liberating someone |
verb | |
| 1. | grant a pardon to (a group of people) |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
amnesty [ˈӕmnəsti] noun — plural ˈamnesties
a general pardon given to people who have done wrong especially against the government
Example: The murderer was released under the amnesty declared by the new president.
Example: The murderer was released under the amnesty declared by the new president.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: am·nes·ty
Pronunciation: 'am-n&s-tE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: an act of clemency by an
authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individuals <illegal-alien farm workers seeking amnesty —National Law Journal>
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Amnesty
Am"nes*ty\, n. [L. amnestia, Gr. ?, a forgetting, fr. ? forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + ? to remember: cf. F. 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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