Definition of Amnesty

Ambition

AMNESTY noun

	The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

		definition from: *The Devil's Dictionary* by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Anoint

Regular definition:

AMNESTY:
?æmn?st? n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) a general pardon, esp. for political offences. --v.tr. (-ies, -ied) grant an amnesty to. øAmnesty International an independent international organization in support of human rights, esp. for prisoners of conscience. [F amnestie or L f. Gk amnestia oblivion]

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