Amnesty Definition

ămnĭ-stē
amnestied, amnesties, amnestying
noun
amnesties
A general pardon granted by a government.
Amnesty for military deserters; amnesty for tax evasion.
American Heritage
A pardon, esp. for political offenses against a government.
Webster's New World
A deliberate overlooking, as of an offense.
Webster's New World
A pardon for past criminal offenses for a class or group of individuals who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted. Amnesty may be limited or conditional. For example, amnesty may be offered only to those who perform a certain act, such as community service, within a specific period of time. Also referred to as grant of amnesty.
Webster's New World Law

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
amnestied, amnesties, amnestying
To grant a general pardon to.
American Heritage
To grant amnesty to.
Webster's New World

To grant a pardon (to a group)

Wiktionary
pronoun

Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.

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Other Word Forms of Amnesty

Noun

Singular:
amnesty
Plural:
amnesties

Origin of Amnesty

  • From Middle French amnestie (French amnistie), from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία, from ἀ- (a-, “privative”) + μνήμη (remembrance, reminiscence).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin amnēstia from Greek amnēstiā amnesia

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Amnesty Sentence Examples

  • Charles granted the city a full amnesty, and confirmed its liberties and privileges.

  • Upon the restoration of the Bourbon government (May 15, 1849) he was excluded from the amnesty and compelled to flee to Piedmont.

  • At last, worn out by age, he accepted an amnesty and returned to the city of Mexico, where he died in obscurity on the 10th of June 1876.

  • This he put to account when the amnesty of 1866 enabled him to return to Germany.

  • He escaped to London and lived successively in Italy, Malta and France, until the amnesty of 1834, when he returned to Spain, shortly afterwards succeeding his brother as duke of Rivas.

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