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am⋅nes⋅ty
[am-nuh-stee] 
nə
noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty⋅ing.–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to grant amnesty to; pardon. |
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| am·nes·ty (ām'nĭ-stē) 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.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : amnesty
Spanish:
amnistía,
German:
die Amnestie,
Japanese:
恩赦
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
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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