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amnesty

noun
/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

  1. derived from ἀμνηστία
  2. derived from amnestia
  3. borrowed from amnestie

Definitions

  1. Forgetfulness

    Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

  2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense,…

    An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

    • Russian lawmakers backed a sweeping amnesty law Wednesday that could see jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk protest band released early and arrested Greenpeace activists avoiding prison, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.
    • He said building amnesties were “a huge issue.”

  3. To grant a pardon (to a group).

    • “100 miles of border wall in exchange for amnestying millions of illegals. So if we grant citizenship to a BILLION foreigners, maybe we can finally get a full border wall,” Coulter wrote in another tweet.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.

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Derived

amnestiable, amnestic, Amnesty International

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA