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- Dictionaryam·nes·ty/ˈamnəstē/
noun
- 1. an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses: "an amnesty for political prisoners"
verb
- 1. grant an official pardon to: "the guerrillas would be amnestied and allowed to return to civilian life"
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Amnesty is the act of granting pardon to a large group of people, often by a government. Learn the synonyms, examples, history, and legal and kids definitions of amnesty from Merriam-Webster.
Amnesty is a noun that means a decision by a government to forgive people who have committed illegal acts or crimes, and not to punish them. Learn more about the meaning, usage and examples of amnesty from Cambridge Dictionary.
Amnesty is a general pardon for offenses against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction. It can also mean an overlooking of past offenses or a process of allowing undocumented immigrants to stay in the country.
amnesty, in criminal law, sovereign act of oblivion or forgetfulness (from Greek amnēsia) for past acts, granted by a government to persons who have been guilty of crimes. It is often conditional upon their return to obedience and duty within a prescribed period.
Amnesty can mean a pardon for a wrongdoing, or it can also signal a government's willingness to overlook something. Amnesty sounds a little like "amnesia," and that's because in its more specific sense amnesty means "forgetting."
Amnesty is a noun that means a decision by a government to forgive people who have committed illegal acts or crimes, and not to punish them. Learn more about the meaning, usage and pronunciation of amnesty with examples and translations.
noun. /ˈæmnəsti/ (plural amnesties) [countable, usually singular, uncountable] an official statement that allows people who have been put in prison for crimes against the state to go free. The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners.
