| 单词 | amnesty |
| 释义 | amnesty /am"neuh stee/, n. , pl. amnesties, v. , amnestied, amnestying. n. 1. a general pardon for offenses, esp. political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction. 2. Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, esp. to a class of persons as a whole. 3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense. v.t. 4. to grant amnesty to; pardon. [1570-80; ( < MF amnestie) < Gk amnestía oblivion, equiv. to ámnest(os) forgetting (a- A-6 + mnes- remember + -tos verbal adj. suffix) + -ia -Y3] Syn. 1. See pardon. |
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