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AMNESTY
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Irregular inflected form: amnestied
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formal act of liberating someone
Synonyms:
amnesty; free pardon; pardon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("amnesty" is a kind of...):
clemency; mercifulness; mercy (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
amnesty (grant a pardon to (a group of people))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
Synonyms:
amnesty; pardon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("amnesty" is a kind of...):
warrant (a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
amnesty (grant a pardon to (a group of people))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("amnesty" is a kind of...):
exemption; freedom (immunity from an obligation or duty)
Derivation:
amnesty (grant a pardon to (a group of people))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grant a pardon to (a group of people)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "amnesty" is one way to...):
pardon (grant a pardon to)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
amnesty (the formal act of liberating someone)
amnesty (a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense)
amnesty (a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment)
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