amnesty

  1. Noun.  Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  2. Noun.  An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
  3. Verb.  To grant a pardon (to a group).

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