amnesty

Significado (Inglês)

Noun

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.

Verb

To grant a pardon (to a group)

Sinônimos

pardon

free pardon

clemency

reprieve

forgiveness

act of grace

grant amnesty

mercy

forgive

forgive and forget

general pardon

indulgence

obliviousness

redeem

remission

executive clemency

absolution

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).