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am·nes·ty

Audio Help [am-nuh-stee] Pronunciation Key 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.

[Origin: 1570–80; (< MF amnestie) < Gk amnéstía oblivion, equiv. to ámnést(os) forgetting (a- a-⁶ + mnés- remember + -tos verbal adj. suffix) + -ia -y³

]

—Synonyms 1. See pardon.

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am·nes·ty Audio Help   (ām'nĭ-stē) Pronunciation Key
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

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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)

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
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.

Arabic:	عَفْو عَام
Chinese (Simplified):	大赦, 特赦
Chinese (Traditional):	大赦, 特赦
Czech:	amnestie
Danish:	amnesti
Dutch:	amnestie
Estonian:	amnestia
Finnish:	armahdus
French:	amnistie
German:	die Amnestie
Greek:	αμνηστία
Hungarian:	közkegyelem, amnesztia

Icelandic:	náðun
Italian:	amnistia
Japanese:	恩赦
Lithuanian:	amnestija
Polish:	amnestia
Portuguese (Brazil):	anistia
Portuguese (Portugal):	amnistia
Romanian:	amnistie
Russian:	амнистия
Spanish:	amnistía
Turkish:	genel af

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This

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>

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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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