amnesty
noun/ˈæmnəsti/
Frequency rank: #6,556 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
An official pardon granted by a government, especially for political offenses.
Example sentence
The government declared amnesty for all political prisoners, releasing them without charge.
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