0 a decision by a government that allows political prisoners to go free:
1 a decision by a government to forgive people who have committed particular illegal acts or crimes, and not to punish them:
[ C ] The state has declared an amnesty for individuals who pay their outstanding back taxes.
On the role of resumptive pronouns in amnestying island constraint violations.
However, we were encouraged by the amnesties of 1981 and 1982 and hope that the process of release will be completed before too long.
In certain situations, plea bargains, amnesties and pardons can be important too.
We were promised that there would be no amnesties and that things would be different, and our people went out and voted.
We must not gloss over the fact that amnesties require careful scrutiny and are very wide in their consequences.
They are in prison for offences against the ordinary law of the land, which will take its course without any amnesties.
Our straightforward position is that we have learned from past amnesties and there should be no future ones.
The point at issue on the amendment is whether those immunities and amnesties are to be withdrawn or not.
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