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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amnesty \Am"nes*ty\, n. [L. amnestia, Gr ?, a forgetting, fr ? forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + ? to remember: cf F. amnistie earlier amnestie. See {Mean}, v.] 1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong oblivion. 2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Amnesty \Am"nes*ty\, v. t. [imp. p. p. {Amnestied}; p. pr & vb n. {Amnestying}.] To grant amnesty to From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: amnesty n 1: a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment 2: a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [syn: {pardon}] 3: the formal act of liberating someone [syn: {pardon}, {free pardon}] v : grant a pardon to (a group of people) From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.
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