amnesty
Definition
- n. a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
- n. the formal act of liberating someone
- v. grant a pardon to (a group of people)
Word forms
- Past participle
- amnestied
- Present participle
- amnestying
- Past tense
- amnestied
- Third person singular
- amnesties
Example sentences
n.
The government announced an amnesty for all political prisoners.