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amnesty

/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/ · noun

Meaning

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

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