amnesty

CEFRC2

/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An official decision to forgive people for certain crimes.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • Amnesty International often organizes public protests in support of political prisoners.

  • They should be pardoned by the amnesty law.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To grant a pardon (to a group).

  2. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

More examples

In context

  • 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.”

  • “The number of people that will be amnestied when I’m president is zero,” DeSantis said, when asked if he would allow any of the 10 million to stay in the US.

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Origin

noun

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