1) Broad political pardon 2) Exemption 3) Exoneration 4) Forgiveness 5) Forgiveness of a sort 6) Freedom 7) French word used in English 8) General pardon 9) Grant a pardon to 10) Legal terminology 11) Official forgiveness 12) Official pardon 13) Pardon 14) Period free from punishment 15) Period of forgiveness
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1) Forgiveness 2) Pacification 3) Pardon
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Amnesty (from the Greek ἀμνηστία amnestia (Amnesty, Wm Chrichton Μεγα Ελληνο-Αγγλικον Λεξικον 1960) is defined as: `A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offense; the act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to t....
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• (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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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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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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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. to get fire-insurance money. Also some countries...
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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. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong...
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Am'nes·ty transitive verb [
impast participle p. Amnestied ;
present participle & verbal noun Amnestying .] To grant amnesty to.
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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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A pardon extended to a group or class of individuals by the government, usually before any trial or conviction. Amnesties often follow wars -- for example, the amnesty granted to Confederate officials and soldiers after the Civil War or to those who violated the Selective Service Act by evading the draft during the Vietnam War.
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Amnesty is an act granting forgiveness (literally, forgetfulness) to political and other offenders.
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[
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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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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pardon 1 free pardon noun the formal act of liberating someone
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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 occasional amnesties for those who surrender firear...
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the formal act of liberating someone
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[SAT terms] a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
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a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
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