Look up: Amnesty

1. amnesty
   [n] - a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment 2. [n] - the formal act of liberating someone 3. [v] - grant a pardon to (a group of people)
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2. amnesty
   Act of state granted by a government by which pardon of certain past offences is accorded . This may be in the form of the release of political prisoners under...
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3. amnesty
   a special provision that may be granted to taxpayers on any kind of tax,usually as an opportunity to pay previously unpaid taxes and with guaranteed freedom from penalties and prosecution,and sometimes offered to taxpayers at times when the government is fighting tax evasion and/or in an effort to r...
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4. Amnesty
   Am'nes·ty noun [ Latin amnestia , Greek ..., a forgetting, from ... forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + ... to remember: confer French amnistie , earlier amnestie . See Mean , v. ] 1....
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5. Amnesty
   Am'nes·ty transitive verb [ impast participle p. Amnestied ; present participle & verbal noun Amnestying .] To grant amnesty to.
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6. amnesty
   pardon 1 free pardon noun the formal act of liberating someone
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7. amnesty
   noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
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8. amnesty
   verb grant a pardon to (a group of people)
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9. Amnesty
   • (v.) Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. • (v.) An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. • (v. t.) To grant amnesty to.
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10. amnesty
    in criminal law, sovereign act of oblivion or forgetfulness (from Greek amnsia) for past acts, granted by a government to persons who have been ... [4 related articles]
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11. amnesty
    amnesty 1. Forgetfulness, oblivion; an intentional overlooking.2. An act of oblivion, a general overlooking or pardon of past offences, by a ruling authority; a general pardon, especially for political offenses.
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12. amnesty
    amnesty (ăm'nustē) , in law, exemption from prosecution for criminal action. It signifies forgiveness and the forgetting of past actions. Amnesties are usually extended to a group of persons during a period of prolonged disorder or insurrection. The criminals are offered a promise of...
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13. Amnesty
    Indicates a general remission of punishment, penalty, retribution, or disfavor to a whole group or class; it may imply a promise to forget.
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14. Amnesty
    n. malicious burning of property to destroy it or to harm some person; an offence of the degree of felony. Since the intent is malicious hence the deaths that might occur are considered murder. Also acts of intentionally burning down own property is considered arson if done with malacious intent, eg...
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15. Amnesty
    Amnesty is an act granting forgiveness (literally, forgetfulness) to political and other offenders.
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16. amnesty
    Act of state granted by a government by which pardon of certain past offences is accorded . This may be in the form of the release of political prisoners under a general pardon, or of the release of a person or group of people from criminal liability for a particular action. In addition, there are o...
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17. Amnesty
    `Amnesty` (from the date=January 2011--> 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 people. It includes more than pardon, in as much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense. The word ...
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