amnesty

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/ === Noun === amnesty (countable and uncountable, plural amnesties) Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. ==== Derived terms ==== amnestiable amnestic Amnesty International ==== Related terms ==== amnesia ==== Translations ==== === Verb === amnesty (third-person singular simple present amnesties, present participle amnestying, simple past and past participle amnestied) (transitive) To grant a pardon (to a group). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “amnesty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “amnesty”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “amnesty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Manteys, Matneys, Yetmans, maytens