amnesty

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
  2. noun a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  3. noun the formal act of liberating someone

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

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