Meaning of amnesty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.
2. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
   countable, uncountable
3. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion
4. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
   countable, uncountable
5. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection
6. A general pardon granted by a government: amnesty for military deserters; amnesty for tax evasion.
7. To grant a pardon (to a group)
8. To grant a general pardon to.
9. The act or an instance of forgiving:absolution, condonation, excuse, forgiveness, pardon, remission.
10. a general pardon given to people who have done wrong especially against the government. The murderer was released under the amnesty declared by the new president. amnestie عَفْو عَام амнистия anistia amnestie die Amnestie amnesti αμνηστίαamnistía amnestia عفو عمومی yleinen armahdus amnistieחנינה सर्वक्षमा amnestija közkegyelem, amnesztia pengampunan náðun amnistia 恩赦 사면 amnestija amnestija pengampunan amnestieamnestiamnestia عمومی بخښنه amnistia amnistie амнистия amnestia amnestija amnestija ...
    especially
11. a general pardon, esp for offences against a government
12. a period during which a law is suspended to allow offenders to admit their crime without fear of prosecution
13. (Law) law a pardon granted by the Crown or Executive and effected by statute
    law
14. (tr) to overlook or forget (an offence)
    tr
15. a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government.
16. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.

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Examples

“Argentina has seen few legal issues as contentiously debated as these two laws of amnesty during the last two decades. […] Pursuant to the Convention on Forced Disappearance, amnesties may not contemplate a statutory limitation period less than that corresponding to the gravest crime punishable by domestic laws, provided there is a pre-existing domestic norm of “fundamental character” requiring that limitation.”

“Russian lawmakers backed a sweeping amnesty law Wednesday that could see jailed members of the Pussy Riot punk protest band released early and arrested Greenpeace activists avoiding prison, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported.”

“He said building amnesties were “a huge issue.””

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