amnesty 音标拼音: ['æmnəsti]
n . 大赦,特赦
大赦,特赦
amnesty n 1 :
a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment 2 :
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [
synonym : {
pardon }, {
amnesty }]
3 :
the formal act of liberating someone [
synonym : {
amnesty },
{
pardon }, {
free pardon }]
v 1 :
grant a pardon to (
a group of people )
amnesty \
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n . [
L .
amnestia ,
Gr .
'
amnhsti `
a ,
a forgetting ,
fr . '
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mnhstos forgotten ,
forgetful ; '
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sqai to remember :
cf .
F .
amnistie ,
earlier amnestie .
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v .]
1 .
Forgetfulness ;
cessation of remembrance of wrong ;
oblivion .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion ,
or a general pardon ,
for a past offense ,
as to subjects concerned in an insurrection .
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1913 Webster ]
Amnesty \
Am "
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v .
t . [
imp . &
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p . {
Amnestied };
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pr . &
vb .
n . {
Amnestying }.]
To grant amnesty to .
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1913 Webster ]
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "
amnesty ":
absolution ,
exculpation ,
excuse ,
exemption ,
exoneration ,
grace ,
immunity ,
impunity ,
indemnity ,
nolle prosequi ,
non prosequitur ,
nonprosecution ,
pardon ,
redemption ,
remission ,
remission of sin ,
reprieve ,
shrift ,
sparing ,
stay AMNESTY ,
government .
An act of oblivion of past offences ,
granted by the government to those who have been guilty of any neglect or crime ,
usually upon condition that they return to their duty within a certain period .
2 .
An amnesty is either express or implied ;
it is express ,
when so declared in direct terms ;
and it is implied ,
when a treaty of peace is made between contending parties .
Vide Vattel ,
liv .
4 ,
c .
2 ,
Sec .
20 ,
21 ,
22 ;
Encycl .
Amer .
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3 .
Amnesty and pardon ,
are very different .
The former is an act of the sovereign power ,
the object of which is to efface and to cause to be forgotten ,
a crime or misdemeanor ;
the latter ,
is an act of the same authority ,
which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for the crime he has committed .
7 Pet .
160 .
Amnesty is the abolition and forgetfulness of the offence ;
pardon is forgiveness .
A pardon is given to one who is certainly guilty ,
or has been convicted ;
amnesty ,
to those who may have been so .
4 .
Their effects are also different .
That of pardon ,
is the remission of the whole or a part of the punishment awarded by the law ;
the conviction remaining unaffected when only a partial pardon is granted :
an amnesty on the contrary ,
has the effect of destroying the criminal act ,
so that it is as if it had not been committed ,
as far as the public interests are concerned .
5 .
Their application also differs .
Pardon is always given to individuals ,
and properly only after judgment or conviction :
amnesty may be granted either before judgment or afterwards ,
and it is in general given to whole classes of criminals or supposed criminals ,
for the purpose of restoring tranquillity in the state .
But sometimes amnesties are limited ,
and certain classes are excluded from their operation .
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