Synonyms for amnesty
ˈæm nə stiamnesty

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1. amnestynoun

   Acquittal is a release from a charge, after trial, as not guilty. Pardon is a removal of penalty from one who has been adjudged guilty. Acquittal is by the decision of a court, commonly of a jury; pardon is the act of the executive. An innocent man may demand acquittal, and need not plead for pardon. Pardon supposes an offense; yet, as our laws stand, to grant a pardon is sometimes the only way to release one who has been wrongly convicted. Oblivion, from the Latin, signifies overlooking and virtually forgetting an offense, so that the offender stands before the law in all respects as if it had never been committed. Amnesty brings the same idea through the Greek. Pardon affects individuals; amnesty and oblivion are said of great numbers. Pardon is oftenest applied to the ordinary administration of law; amnesty, to national and military affairs. An amnesty is issued after war, insurrection, or rebellion; it is often granted by "an act of oblivion," and includes a full pardon of all offenders who come within its provisions. Absolution is a religious word (compare synonyms for ABSOLVE). Remission is a discharge from penalty; as, the remission of a fine.

   Synonyms:
   absolution, acquittal, forbearance, forgiveness, mercy, oblivion, pardon, pardon, remission

   Antonyms:
   penalty, punishment, retaliation, retribution, vengeance

   Preposition:
   A pardon to or for the offenders; for all offenses; the pardon of offenders or offenses.

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1. amnesty

   Synonyms:
   pardon, acquittal, remission, condonation, oblivion, dispensation, absolution

   Antonyms:
   penalty, retaliation, punishment, retribution, requital, visitation, infliction, exaction, trial, account

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. amnestynoun

   a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment

   Synonyms:
   free pardon, pardon

2. pardon, amnestynoun

   a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

   Synonyms:
   free pardon, forgiveness, pardon

3. amnesty, pardon, free pardonverb

   the formal act of liberating someone

   Synonyms:
   free pardon, forgiveness, pardon

4. amnestyverb

   grant a pardon to (a group of people)

Matched Categories

1. • Exemption
   • Law
   • Pardon
   • Warrant

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1. amnestynoun

   Synonyms:
   forgiveness (granted to whole classes of persons), general pardon (by proclamation), act of oblivion, freedom from penalty

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1. List of paraphrases for "amnesty":

   pardon, clemency, pardons

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How to use amnesty in a sentence?

1. Jim Jordan:

   Amnesty for illegals is more important.

2. Ted Cruz:

   I think it is critical that the Senate have the opportunity to have a clear up or down vote on finding President Obama's illegal executive amnesty, i am using every tool available to help bring about that vote.

3. Jessica Vaughan:

   It can’t be that there has suddenly been a wave of domestic violence or victimization of immigrants, instead, the advocates for illegal immigrants have realized that these special green card programs are a way to launder the status of many illegal aliens in the absence of a larger amnesty.

4. Ted Cruz:

   It is not complicated that on the seminal fight over amnesty in Congress, the Gang of Eight bill -- that was the brain child of Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama, would have granted amnesty to 12 million people here illegally -- that I stood with the American people and led the fight to defeat it in the United States Congress.

5. Ted Cruz:

   I oppose amnesty. I oppose citizenship. I oppose legalization for illegal aliens, i always have, and I always will, and I challenge every other Republican candidate to say the same thing or, if not, then to stop making silly assertions that their records and my records on immigration are the same.