ALL meanings of amnesty
am·nes·ty
A a - variable noun amnesty An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state. 3
- countable noun amnesty An amnesty is a period of time during which people can admit to a crime or give up weapons without being punished. 3
- noun amnesty a general pardon, esp for offences against a government 3
- noun amnesty a period during which a law is suspended to allow offenders to admit their crime without fear of prosecution 3
- noun amnesty a pardon granted by the Crown or Executive and effected by statute 3
- verb amnesty to overlook or forget (an offence) 3
- noun amnesty a pardon, esp. for political offenses against a government 3
- noun amnesty a deliberate overlooking, as of an offense 3
- verb transitive amnesty to grant amnesty to 3
- noun plural amnesty a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction. 1
- noun plural amnesty Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole. 1
- noun plural amnesty a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense. 1
- verb with object amnesty to grant amnesty to; pardon. 1
- noun amnesty An official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. 1
- noun amnesty official pardon 1
- noun amnesty temporary pardon 1
- noun amnesty Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. 0
- noun amnesty An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. 0
- verb amnesty To grant a pardon (to a group). 0