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