A period during which offenders are exempt from punishment.

Roget 506: oblivion, obliviousness, lethe; forgetfulness etc. adj.; amnesia; obliteration of etc. 552, insensibility to the past etc. 823.    short memory, treacherous memory, poor memory, loose memory, slippery memory, failing memory; decay of memory, failure of memory, lapse of memory; waters of Lethe, waters of oblivion.    amnesty, general pardon.    [deliberate or unconscious forgetting] repressed memory.    ... show more

Roget 723: pacification, conciliation; reconciliation, reconcilement; shaking of hands, accommodation, arrangement, adjustment; terms, compromise; amnesty, deed of release.    peace offering; olive branch; calumet of peace, preliminaries of peace.    truce, armistice; suspension of arms, suspension of hostilities, stand-down; breathing time; convention; modus vivendi [Lat.]; flag of truce, white flag, parlementaire [Fr.], cartel^†.    hollow truce, pax in bello [Lat.]; drawn battle.    ... show more

A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense.

synonym: pardon.

Roget 918: forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve.    conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation etc. (pacification) 723; propitiation.    excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation etc. (acquittal) 970.    longanimity^†, placability; amantium irae [Lat.]; locus paenitentiae [Lat.]; forbearance.    ... show more

Dutch: amnestie
Polish: amnestia, ułaskawienie

The formal act of liberating someone.

synonyms: free pardon, pardon.

Dutch: amnestie, begenadiging, gratie, gratieverlening, remissie

Grant a pardon to (a group of people).

Dutch: begenadigen