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1. A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment
    
2. A warrant granting release from punishment for an offence
   - pardon
    
3. The formal act of liberating someone
   - pardon, free pardon

1. Grant a pardon to (a group of people)

Derived forms: amnestied, amnestying, amnesties

Type of: clemency, exemption, freedom, mercifulness, mercy, pardon, warrant

Encyclopedia: Amnesty