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amnesty

[am-nuh-stee] / ˈæm nə sti /
NOUN
pardon, often by government
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She supports providing a path to amnesty and providing funds to boost the number of immigration judges, consular officers and naturalization officers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The new deal reforms the controversial Legacy Act, which had included a conditional amnesty and was strongly opposed by victims' groups and all political parties in Northern Ireland.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Servicemen accused of plotting against the state are being exempted from an amnesty law.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Under pressure from Washington to ease repression, she has pushed through several major economic reforms, as well as an amnesty for political prisoners.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

It doesn’t even have to be an important or hard word, like amnesty or communism, but something easy, like salt or butter or sky or star.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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