amnesty

See also: Amnesty

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.nɪ.sti/

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Noun

amnesty (countable and uncountable, 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.

Derived terms

• amnestic
• Amnesty International

Related terms

• amnesia

Translations

forgetfulness

• Bulgarian: забра́ва (bg) f (zabráva)
• Czech: zapomnětlivost (cs) f
• Dutch: vergeetachtigheid (nl) f, vergetelheid (nl) f
• French: amnistie (fr) f
• Latin: oblīviō f
• Persian: فراموشی (fa) (farâmôši)
• Polish: niepamięć (pl) f
• Russian: забы́вчивость (ru) f (zabývčivostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: забора́вно̄ст f

  Roman: zaborávnōst (sh) f

act of the sovereign power

• Albanian: amnisti (sq) f
• Arabic: عَفْو (ar) m (ʕafw)
• Armenian: համաներում (hy) (hamanerum), ամնիստիա (hy) (amnistia)
• Azerbaijani: amnistiya
• Belarusian: амні́стыя f (amnístyja)
• Bulgarian: амни́стия (bg) f (amnístija), поми́лване (bg) n (pomílvane)
• Burmese: လွတ်ငြိမ်းချမ်းသာခွင့် (my) (lwatngrim:hkyam:sahkwang.)
• Catalan: amnistia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大赦 (zh) (dàshè), (by an emperor) 恩赦 (zh) (ēnshè)

• Czech: amnestie (cs) f
• Danish: amnesti (da) c
• Dutch: amnestie (nl) f
• Esperanto: amnestio
• Estonian: amnestia (et)
• Finnish: armahdus (fi)
• French: amnistie (fr)
• Georgian: ამნისტია (amnisṭia)
• German: Amnestie (de) f
• Greek: αμνηστία (el) f (amnistía)
• Hindi: आम माफ़ी f (ām māfī)
• Hungarian: amnesztia (hu), kegyelem (hu), közkegyelem (hu)
• Irish: maithiúnas m
• Italian: amnistia (it) f
• Japanese: 大赦 (ja) (たいしゃ, taisha), 恩赦 (ja) (おんしゃ, onsha), 特赦 (ja) (とくしゃ, tokusha), 赦免 (ja) (しゃめん, shamen)
• Kazakh: амнистия (amnistiä)
• Khmer: និទ្ទោសកម្ម (nittoosaʼkam)
• Korean: 특사(特赦) (ko) (teuksa), 사면(赦免) (ko) (samyeon)
• Kyrgyz: амнистия (ky) (amnistiya)
• Lao: ນິລະໂທດກຳ (ni la thōt kam)
• Latvian: amnestija f
• Lithuanian: amnestija f
• Macedonian: амнестија f (amnestija)
• Malay: pengampunan
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: өршөөл (mn) (öršööl)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: amnesti (no) n, abolisjon (no) m

• Persian: عفو (fa) ('afv)
• Polish: amnestia (pl)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: anistia (pt) f

  European: amnistia (pt) f

• Romanian: amnistie (ro) f
• Russian: амни́стия (ru) f (amnístija), поми́лование (ru) n (pomílovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: амнѐстија f

  Roman: amnèstija (sh) f

• Slovak: amnestia (sk) f
• Slovene: amnestija f
• Spanish: amnistía (es) f
• Swedish: amnesti (sv) c
• Tajik: авф (tg) (avf)
• Thai: นิรโทษกรรม (th) (ní-rá-tôot-sà-gam)
• Turkmen: amnistiýa (tk)
• Ukrainian: амні́стія (uk) f (amnístija)
• Urdu: عام معافی f ('ām māfī)
• Uzbek: amnistiya (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự ân xá (vi)
• Volapük: stiam (vo)
• Welsh: amnest m

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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大赦 (zh) (dàshè)

• Czech: amnestovat (cs)
• Esperanto: amnestii
• Finnish: armahtaa (fi)
• French: amnistier (fr)
• Hungarian: megkegyelmez (hu), amnesztiát ad, amnesztiában részesít
• Italian: amnistiare (it)
• Polish: amnestionować (pl) impf or pf, amnestiować impf or pf (rare)
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: anistiar

  European: amnistiar (pt)

• Spanish: amnistiar (es)
• Thai: นิรโทษกรรม (th) (ní-rá-tôot-sà-gam)

Further reading

• “amnesty”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “amnesty”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “amnesty”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Manteys, Matneys, Yetmans, maytens