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amnesty Noun pl -ties 1. a general pardon for offences against a government 2. a period during which a law is suspended, to allow people to confess to crime or give up weapons without fear of prosecution [Greek a- not + mnasthai to remember]
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amnesty noun general pardon, mercy, pardoning, immunity, forgiveness, reprieve, oblivion, remission, clemency, dispensation, absolution, condonation Translationsto grant an amnesty to → amnistiar (a); Amnesty International → Amnistía Internacional to grant an amnesty to → amnestieren to grant an amnesty to → concedere l'amnistia a, amnistiare |
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But Zapatero's was simpler and more open to abuse, and
bigger than all previous amnesties combined.
Numbers USA (a liberal organization with which we would disagree on many
environmental and social policies) has counted six amnesties that have
been enacted since the 1986 IRCA. These
limited amnesties permitted squatters to purchase the land they occupied
at a low price. |
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