amnesty
- amnesty
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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
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(Roget's IV)
n.
Syn. pardon, reprieve, absolution, immunity; see
acquittal ,
pardon 1 , 3 .
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(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
(VOCABULARY WORD)
n.
[AM nes tee]
a pardon, often of a political nature.
The war resistors were granted amnesty.
SYN.: pardon, forgiveness, absolution, exemption, excusing, clemency, lenience, immunity. ''The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.''—Ambrose Bierce.
ANT.: damnation, sentencing, condemnation
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(Roget's Thesaurus II)
noun
The act or an instance of forgiving: absolution, condonation, excuse, forgiveness, pardon, remission. See FORGIVENESS.
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Amnesty — International Zweck: Menschenrechtsorganisation Vorsitz: Peter Pack (Vorsitzender des internationalen Exekutivkomitees) Gründungsdatum: 28. Mai 1961 Mitgliederzahl … Deutsch Wikipedia
Amnesty — International Logo de Amnesty International Contexte général Champs d action Défense des droits de l homme Zone d influence … Wikipédia en Français
Amnesty — (from the Greek amnestia , oblivion) is a legislative or executive act by which a state restores those who may have been guilty of an offense against it to the positions of innocent persons. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it… … Wikipedia
amnesty — am·nes·ty / am nəs tē/ n pl ties: an act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individuals illegal alien farm workers seeking amnesty National Law Journal Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… … Law dictionary
amnesty — (n.) pardon of past offenses, 1570s, from Fr. amnestie intentional overlooking, from L. amnestia, from Gk. amnestia forgetfulness (of wrong); an amnesty, from a , privative prefix, not, + mnestis remembrance, related to mnaomai I remember (see… … Etymology dictionary
Amnesty — Am nes*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Amnestied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Amnestying}.] To grant amnesty to. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amnesty — ► NOUN (pl. amnesties) 1) an official pardon for people convicted of political offences. 2) a period where no action is taken against people admitting to particular offences. ► VERB (amnesties, amnestied) ▪ grant an amnesty to. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
amnesty — [am′nəs tē] n. pl. amnesties [Fr amnestie < L amnestia < Gr amnēstia, a forgetting: see AMNESIA] 1. a pardon, esp. for political offenses against a government 2. Archaic a deliberate overlooking, as of an offense vt. amnestied, amnestying… … English World dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] 2. An… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
amnesty — *pardon, absolution … New Dictionary of Synonyms
amnesty — [n] pardon, often by government absolution, condonation, dispensation, forgiveness, immunity, reprieve; concepts 298,300 … New thesaurus
