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(æmnɪsti)
Word forms: plural amnesties
1. variable noun
An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state.
Activists who were involved in crimes of violence will not automatically be grantedamnesty.
Synonyms: general pardon, mercy, pardoning, immunity More Synonyms of amnesty
2. countable noun
An amnesty is a period of time during which people can admit to a crime or give up weapons without being punished.
The government has announced an immediate amnesty for rebel fighters. [+ for]
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amnesty in British English

(ˈæmnɪstɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1. 
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

amnesty in American English

(ˈæmnəsti)
nounWord forms: plural ˈamnesties
1. 
a pardon, esp. for political offenses against a government
2.  Archaic
a deliberate overlooking, as of an offense
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈamnestied or ˈamnestying
3. 
to grant amnesty to
Word origin
Fr amnestie < L amnestia < Gr amnēstia, a forgetting: see amnesia

Examples of 'amnesty' in a sentence
amnesty

Of the latter, half had been granted amnesty and the other half were undergoing more screening.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Which leads to the question of general amnesty.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Amnesty is a pardon for an offence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All have been granted amnesty from hooliganism claims.
The Sun (2013)
An amnesty for people who committed crimes ten years ago?
The Sun (2010)
The informants were not seeking an amnesty for crimes that they had committed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We are offering an amnesty to those who are hiding people away illegally.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Ukraine also agreed to more autonomy for the east and an amnesty for rebels.
The Sun (2014)
Last month it announced an amnesty for items taken from its rooms.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She is currently working on an idea for a nationwide knife and gun amnesty.
The Sun (2013)
In one of his first acts as king, he declared general amnesty.
Christianity Today (2000)
In exchange, all prisoners will be freed and there will be an amnesty for rebels.
The Sun (2015)
The Government is due to launch a nationwide knife amnesty next week.
The Sun (2006)
The four were subsequently released in 1991 as part of the general amnesty during the negotiations to end apartheid.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He was given an amnesty after two years, enabling him to play in Spain.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Three Ulster terror groups that killed hundreds in the Troubles have disarmed hours before the end of a government amnesty.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The judicial process was initially painfully slow, partly as a result of a 1978 amnesty law that protected members of the armed forces.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
A general pardon, an amnesty for all crimes past, would soon be offered.
Christina Hardyment Malory: The Life and Times of King Arthur's Chronicler (2005)
The bill is expected to come into force some time in 2007 although there may be an amnesty period before 60 fixed penalty fines are issued.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
amnesty

British English: amnesty NOUN
An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state.
Those with minor offences were given amnesty.
  • American English: amnesty
  • Brazilian Portuguese: anistia
  • Chinese: 赦免
  • European Spanish: amnistía
  • French: amnistie
  • German: Amnestie
  • Italian: amnistia
  • Japanese: 恩赦
  • Korean: 사면
  • European Portuguese: amnistia
  • Latin American Spanish: amnistía

Chinese translation of 'amnesty'

amnesty

(ˈæmnɪstɪ)

n

  1. (c/u) (to political prisoners) 大赦 (dàshè)
  2. (c) (by police for weapons etc) 宽(寬)恕期限 (kuānshù qīxiàn)
    to grant amnesty to sb 特赦某人 (tèshè mǒurén)
(noun) 
Definition
a general pardon for offences against a government
Activists will not automatically be granted amnesty.
Synonyms
general pardon
mercy
Neither side showed its prisoners any mercy.
pardoning
immunity
The police are offering immunity to witnesses who can help them.
forgiveness
I offered up a prayer for forgiveness.
reprieve
a reprieve for eight people waiting to be hanged
oblivion
remission
I've got 10 years and there's no remission for repeat offenders.
clemency
The prisoners' pleas for clemency were turned down.
dispensation
The committee were not prepared to grant special dispensation.
absolution
She felt as if his words had granted her absolution.
condonation
(verb) 
Last year Parliament amnestied the plotters.
Synonyms
pardon
Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
free
They are going to free more prisoners.
release
He wants to be released from any promise between us.
excuse
Please excuse me for my late arrival.
forgive
She'll understand and forgive you.
overlook
He never overlooked his employees' faults.
liberate
How committed is the leadership to liberating its people from poverty?
acquit
He was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by magistrates.
condone
I couldn't condone what she was doing.
reprieve
Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged, have been reprieved.
remit
let off (informal)
exonerate
The official report exonerated the school of any blame.
absolve
The judicial inquiry absolved the soldiers.
exculpate

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absolution
She felt as if his words had granted her absolution.
Synonyms
forgiveness,
release,
freedom,
liberation,
discharge,
amnesty,
mercy,
pardon,
indulgence,
exemption,
acquittal,
setting free,
remission,
vindication,
deliverance,
dispensation,
exoneration,
exculpation,
shriving,
condonation
in the sense of absolve
Definition
to declare to be free from blame or sin
The judicial inquiry absolved the soldiers.
Synonyms
excuse,
free,
clear,
release,
deliver,
loose,
forgive,
discharge,
liberate,
pardon,
exempt,
acquit,
vindicate,
remit,
let off,
set free,
exonerate,
exculpate,
shrive
in the sense of acquit
Definition
to pronounce someone not guilty
He was acquitted of disorderly behaviour by magistrates.
Synonyms
clear,
free,
release,
deliver,
excuse,
relieve,
discharge,
liberate,
vindicate,
exonerate,
absolve,
exculpate

Synonyms of 'amnesty'

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