Hypertext Webster Gateway: "amnesty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Amnesty \Am"nes*ty\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Amnestied}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Amnestying}.]
To grant amnesty to.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
amnesty
n 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 [syn: {pardon}, {free
pardon}]
v : grant a pardon to (a group of people)
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