amnesty

Plural: amnesties

Noun

• a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
• a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
• the formal act of liberating someone
• 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: amnestied, amnestying, amnesties

• To grant an official pardon to persons convicted of offenses.
• grant a pardon to (a group of people)
• To grant a pardon (to a group).

Examples

• The tournament director declared an amnesty, allowing one illegal word per player without a challenge.

Synonyms

free pardon, pardon

Related Words

amnesia

Anagrams of amnesty