Amnesty

['æmnɪstɪ] or ['æmnəsti]

(noun.) the formal act of liberating someone.

(noun.) a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment.

(verb.) grant a pardon to (a group of people).

Editor: Omar--From WordNet

(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.

Editor: Vince

n. Forgiveness (granted to whole classes of persons), general pardon (by proclamation), act of oblivion, freedom from penalty.

Checker: Susie

n. a general pardon of political offenders: an act of oblivion.—v.t. to give amnesty to.

Edited by Davy

n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

Editor: Vanessa

Checked by Ives