amnesty

English

Etymology

From Middle French amnestie (French amnistie), from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία, from ἀ- (“privative”) + μνήμη (remembrance, reminiscence).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/

Noun

amnesty (plural amnesties)

1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Related terms

• Amnesty International

Translations

forgetfulness

Croatian: amnestija (hr) f. Dutch: amnestie (nl) f. Latin: oblīviō (la) f.

Polish: amnestia (pl) f. Portuguese: anistia (pt) f.

act of the sovereign power

Arabic: عفو (ar) (3afw) m. Armenian: համաներում (hy) (hamanerum) Bulgarian: амнистия (bg), помилване (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 大赦 (cmn) (dàshè), 恩赦 (cmn) (ēnshè) Croatian: amnestija (hr) f. Czech: amnestie (cs) f. Danish: amnesti (da) Dutch: amnestie (nl) f. Esperanto: amnestio (eo) German: Amnestie (de) f. Greek: αμνηστία (el) f.

Italian: amnistia (it) f. Japanese: 大赦 (ja) (たいしゃ, taisha), 恩赦 (ja) (おんしゃ, onsha) Korean: 특사 (ko) (teuksa) Latvian: amnestija (lv) Portuguese: anistia f. Russian: амнистия (ru) (amnístija) f. Slovene: amnestija (sl) f. Spanish: amnistía (es) f. Swedish: amnesti (sv) Vietnamese: sự ân xá (vi) Volapük: stiam (vo)

Verb

amnesty (third-person singular simple present amnesties, present participle amnestying, simple past and past participle amnestied)

1. To grant a pardon (to a group)

Translations

to grant a pardon (to a group)

Bulgarian: помилвам (bg) Italian: amnistiare (it)

Spanish: amnistiar (es)

External links

• amnesty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• amnesty in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• amnesty at OneLook Dictionary Search