amnesty

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  1. noun A general pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.
  2. transitive verb To grant a general pardon to.

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  • On account of that nature and of my individual character as an artist, my startling political excess can alone be explained and excused, and the reasons for my amnesty should be considered in the same light. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2
  • For the present I hold out to her the prospect of returning to Germany as soon as the amnesty is proclaimed; for this reason she will take with her all the furniture and things. —  The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2
  • Released from jail in a general amnesty, they joined the Argentine revolutionary Guevara in Mexico and in 1956 crossed the Caribbean with 82 fighters to attack the dictator —  Google News Canada - Top Stories
  • Any way you cut it, though, amnesty is a bad deal for the U.S.A.
  • Which means at a future date, another amnesty will be promoted as the solution ....
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin amnēstia, from Greek amnēstiā; see amnesia.

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  1. from French amnestie, from Latin amnestia, from Greek ἀμνηστία, for-getfulness, especially of wrong, from ᾱμνηστος, forgotten, forgetful, from ἀ- privative + from μιμνήσκειν, μνα+σσ, 1θαι, remember: see amnesia.
 

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