Amnesty
61Amnesty Law of 1978 — Also known as Decree Law 2191. Promulgated on 19 April 1978 by the Chilean junta, the law absolved the military and the police of human rights abuses committed from 11 September 1973, the day of the coup, to 10 March 1978. The law was partly… …
62amnesty — Synonyms and related words: absolution, exculpation, excuse, exemption, exoneration, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, nolle prosequi, non prosequitur, nonprosecution, pardon, redemption, remission, remission of sin, reprieve, shrift, sparing …
63amnesty — am·nes·ty || æmnɪstɪ n. clemency, pardon v. pardon, grant clemency …
64amnesty — n. Forgiveness (granted to whole classes of persons), general pardon (by proclamation), act of oblivion, freedom from penalty …
65amnesty — n 1. pardon, pardoning, excuse, excusal, excusing, forgiveness, forgiving, absolution, absolving, remission, remitting, reprieve, reprieving; clemency, indulgence, indulgency, indulging, lenience, leniency, lenity; tolerance, forbearance,… …
66amnesty — am·nes·ty …
67amnesty — noun Syn: pardon, reprieve, forgiveness, release, discharge; informal let off …
68amnesty — [ˈæmnəsti] noun [C] an official order not to punish people who have committed a particular crime …
69amnesty — An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon for a past offense, which is rarely, if ever, exercised in favor of single individuals, but is usually exerted in behalf of certain classes of persons, who are subject to trial …
70Amnesty International — …