Associations to the word «Amnesty»

Wiktionary

AMNESTY, noun. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
AMNESTY, noun. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
AMNESTY, verb. To grant a pardon (to a group)
AMNESTY, proper noun. Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.

Dictionary definition

AMNESTY, noun. A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment.
AMNESTY, noun. A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense.
AMNESTY, noun. The formal act of liberating someone.
AMNESTY, verb. Grant a pardon to (a group of people).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King