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Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

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  1. v. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  2. v. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
  3. v. t. To grant amnesty to.
  4. n. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
  5. n. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  6. n. the formal act of liberating someone
  7. v. grant a pardon to (a group of people)
  8. 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. To grant amnesty to.
  9. n:100 n. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment n. the formal act of liberating someone v. grant a pardon to (a group of people)