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Webster 1913 Edition
Amnesty
Am′nes-ty
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Amnestied
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Amnestying
.] To grant amnesty to.
Webster 1828 Edition
Amnesty
AM'NESTY
,Noun.
An act of oblivion; a general pardon of the offenses of subjects against the government, or the proclamation of such pardon.
Definition 2024
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See also: Amnesty
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.
Related terms
Translations
forgetfulness
act of the sovereign power
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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)