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Amnesty
Definitions
- 1 Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.
- 1 Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. countable, uncountable
- 2 the formal act of liberating someone wordnet
- 3 An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. countable, uncountable
"Argentina has seen few legal issues as contentiously debated as these two laws of amnesty during the last two decades. […] Pursuant to the Convention on Forced Disappearance, amnesties may not contemplate a statutory limitation period less than that corresponding to the gravest crime punishable by domestic laws, provided there is a pre-existing domestic norm of “fundamental character” requiring that limitation."
- 4 a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense wordnet
- 5 a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment wordnet
- 1 To grant a pardon (to a group). transitive
"Shortly after the end of military rule in 1983, the Argentinean National Congress passed legislation that effectively amnestied many persons who allegedly committed human rights violations such as torture, extra-judicial killing, and forced disappearance. […] In other words, a government may be justified in amnestying military actions because the alternative would result in the destruction of the democratic state."
- 2 grant a pardon to (a group of people) wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).
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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