Amnesty

Am′nes-ty

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Amnestied

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p. pr. & vb. n.

Amnestying

.]

To grant amnesty to.

Amnesty

AM'NESTY

,

Noun.

[Gr. of a neg and memory, from the root of mens, mind. See Mind.]

An act of oblivion; a general pardon of the offenses of subjects against the government, or the proclamation of such pardon.

Amnesty

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Proper noun

Amnesty

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amnesty

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English

Noun

amnesty ‎(plural amnesties)

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

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Translations

forgetfulness

Dutch: amnestie (nl) f
French: amnistie (fr) f
Latin: oblīviō f

Persian: بخشش (fa) ‎(baxšeš)
Polish: amnestia (pl) f
Portuguese: anistia (pt) f
Serbo-Croatian: amnestija (sh) f

act of the sovereign power

Arabic: عَفْو m ‎(ʿafw)
Armenian: համաներում (hy) ‎(hamanerum), ամնիստիա (hy) ‎(amnistia)
Bulgarian: амнистия (bg) ‎(amnistija), помилване (bg) ‎(pomilvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大赦 (zh) ‎(dàshè), (by an emperor) 恩赦 (zh) ‎(ēnshè)
Czech: amnestie (cs) f
Danish: amnesti (da)
Dutch: amnestie (nl) f
Esperanto: amnestio
Finnish: armahdus (fi)
French: amnistie (fr)
German: Amnestie (de) f
Greek: αμνηστία (el) f ‎(amnistía)
Hungarian: amnesztia (hu)

Italian: amnistia (it) f
Japanese: 大赦 (ja) ‎(たいしゃ, taisha), 恩赦 ‎(おんしゃ, onsha)
Korean: 특사 (ko) ‎(teuksa)
Latvian: amnestija
Persian: عفو (fa) ‎('afv)
Polish: amnestia (pl)
Portuguese: anistia (pt) f
Russian: амни́стия (ru) f ‎(amnístija)
Serbo-Croatian: amnestija (sh) f
Slovene: amnestija f
Spanish: amnistía (es) f
Swedish: amnesti (sv)
Thai: นิรโทษกรรม ‎(ní-rá-tôot-sà-gam)
Vietnamese: sự ân xá (vi)
Volapük: stiam (vo)

Verb

amnesty ‎(third-person singular simple present amnesties, present participle amnestying, simple past and past participle amnestied)

To grant a pardon (to a group)

Translations

to grant a pardon (to a group)

Bulgarian: помилвам (bg) ‎(pomilvam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大赦 (zh) ‎(dàshè)
Czech: amnestovat (cs)

Finnish: armahtaa (fi)
French: amnistier (fr)
Italian: amnistiare (it)
Portuguese: amnistiar (pt) (Portugal), anistiar (Brazil)
Spanish: amnistiar (es)
Thai: นิรโทษกรรม ‎(ní-rá-tôot-sà-gam)

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