amnesty

See also 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

• Dutch: amnestie (nl) f
• French: amnestie (fr) f
• Latin: oblīviō (la) f

• Polish: amnestia (pl) f
• Portuguese: anistia (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: amnestija (sh) f

act of the sovereign power

• Arabic: عفو (ar) (3afw) m
• Armenian: համաներում (hy) (hamanerum)
• Bulgarian: амнистия (bg) (amnistija), помилване (bg) (pomilvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大赦 (cmn) (dàshè), 恩赦 (cmn) (ēnshè)

• Czech: amnestie (cs) f
• Danish: amnesti (da)
• Dutch: amnestie (nl) f
• Esperanto: amnestio (eo)
• German: Amnestie (de) f
• Greek: αμνηστία (el) (amnistía) 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
• Serbo-Croatian: amnestija (sh) 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) (pomilvam)
• Czech: amnestovat (cs)
• French: amnistier (fr)

• 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