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amnesty

am.nes.ty \'am-n*-ste-\ n [Gk amne-stia forgetfulness, fr. amne-stos 
   forgotten, fr. ]a- + mnasthai to remember - more at MIND : the act of an 
   authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of 
   individuals - amnesty vt