Definitions for amnesties

amnesties am·nes·ty

Spelling: [am-nuh-stee]
IPA: /ˈæm nə sti/

Amnesties is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 529 anagrams from letters in amnesties (aeeimnsst).

Definitions for amnesties

noun

  1. a general pardon for offenses, especially political offenses, against a government, often granted before any trial or conviction.
  2. Law. an act of forgiveness for past offenses, especially to a class of persons as a whole.
  3. a forgetting or overlooking of any past offense.

verb (used with object)

  1. to grant amnesty to; pardon.

Origin of amnesties

1570-80; (Middle French amnestie) Greek amnēstía oblivion, equivalent to ámnēst(os) forgetting (a- a-6 + mnēs- remember + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ia

Examples for amnesties

amnesty International and Reporters Without Borders cannot be accessed without a virtual private network.

After the blessing, the amnesty I have promised will be read.

He made clear that he was happy with “90 percent of it” but that he could never support “amnesty.”

The immigrants got their amnesty and the United States got 12 million to 20 million more undocumented immigrants.

Herein lies the great dilemma then for the advocates of amnesty.

I believe this act of amnesty is only a device to put the plotters where he can get his hand on them.

Along with amnesty, our borders were to be secured once and for all.

Then big Jenkins reached his hand out to Forsythe—but not in token of amnesty.

amnesty was extended to those who wished it and deserved it.

It's a thieves' amnesty at this moment, and I must not lose the opportunity.

Word Value for amnesties
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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