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am·nesty (am′nəs tē)

noun pl. amnesties -·ties

  1. a pardon, esp. for political offenses against a government
  2. Archaic a deliberate overlooking, as of an offense

Etymology: Fr amnestie < L amnestia < Gr amnēstia, a forgetting: see amnesia

transitive verb amnestied -·tied, amnestying -·ty·ing

to grant amnesty to

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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