Found 3 items, similar to amnesty.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: amnesty
amnesti, ampunan, keampunan, pengampunan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: amnesty
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)
[also:
amnestied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Amnesty
Amnesty
\Am"nes*ty\, n. [L. amnestia, Gr. ?, a forgetting, fr. ?
forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + mna^sqai to remember: cf. F.
amnistie, earlier amnestie. See
Mean, v.]
1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong;
oblivion.
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2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a
general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects
concerned in an insurrection.
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Amnesty
\Am"nes*ty\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Amnestied; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Amnestying.]
To grant amnesty to.
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