Definition of Amnety
Am"nes*ty (&?;), n. [L. amnestia, Gr.
&?;, a forgetting, fr. &?; forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + &?;
to remember: cf. F. amnistie, earlier amnestie. See
Mean, v.] 1. Forgetfulness;
cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion,
or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an
insurrection.
Am"nes*ty, v. t. [imp. p.
p. Amnestied (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n.
Amnestying.] To grant amnesty to.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
AMNESTY, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would
be too expensive to punish.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
- An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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