Amnesty

Quick meaning: Amnesty is a noun meaning Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Meaning

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

More Meanings

1. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
2. (transitive) To grant a pardon (to a group).

Example Sentences

He said building amnesties were “a huge issue.”

“The number of people that will be amnestied when I’m president is zero,” DeSantis said, when asked if he would allow any of the 10 million to stay in the US.

“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.

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.

Word Forms

• amnesties
• amnestying
• amnestied

Synonyms for amnesty

Depending on context, synonyms include pardon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pardon, clemency, forgiving, forgiveness, pardoning, mercy.

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