Meaning

1 senses

  1. To grant a pardon (to a group).

    grant a pardon to (a group of people)

Examples

17 sentences

  1. Tom has applied for amnesty.

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  2. I don't support amnesty.

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  3. I've asked for amnesty.

    deIch habe um Amnestie gebeten. — Yorwba

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  4. Amnesty International often organizes public protests in support of political prisoners.

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  5. They should be pardoned by the amnesty law.

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Translations

5 languages

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amne

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

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Forms

amnesties, amnestying, amnestied, amnestied
Base formamnesty · to amnesty
3rd person singularamnesties
Present participleamnestying
Past simpleamnestied
Past participleamnestied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyamnesty
he, she, itamnesties

Past simpleLesson

all personsamnestied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave amnestied
he, she, ithas amnestied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill amnesty

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ammoniaB2ammunitionamnesiaamoebaamok

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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