[am-nuh-stee] 
noun, plural -ties, verb, -tied, -ty⋅ing.| 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. |
| 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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