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

2. (noun) pardon, amnesty
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

3. (verb) amnesty, pardon, free pardon
the formal act of liberating someone

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

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Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. Amnesty
forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion

2. Amnesty
an act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection

3. (verb) Amnesty
to grant amnesty to

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