a general pardon, esp for offences against a government
2.
a period during which a law is suspended to allow offenders to admit their crime without fear of prosecution
3. law
a pardon granted by the Crown or Executive and effected by statute
verbWord forms: -ties, -tying or -tied
4. (transitive)
to overlook or forget (an offence)
Word origin
C16: from Latin amnēstia, from Greek: oblivion, from amnēstos forgetting, from a-1 + -mnēstos, from mnasthai to remember
Examples of 'amnestied' in a sentence
amnestied
Some hope in their implementation depended on the category of the amnestied people.
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