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amnesty

noun as in pardon, often by government

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A key sticking point is an amnesty law for those prosecuted in the northeastern Catalonia region's failed 2017 secession bid, Spain's worst political crisis in decades.

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"We want laws that are specific to the process, not just an amnesty."

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Unlike the gangs, many family-based groups are said to have accepted Hamas amnesty deals in exchange for surrendering their arms.

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It said it was offering an amnesty period this week for rival fighters who hadn’t committed murder to turn themselves in.

The Legacy Act had included a conditional amnesty and was strongly opposed by many victims' groups and all political parties in Northern Ireland.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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