Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Word of the Day-6


amnesty:

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- a decision by a government that allows political prisoners to be free

Most political prisoners were freed under the terms of the amnesty.

- [C usually singular] a fixed period of time during which people are not punished for committing a particular crime

People who hand in illegal weapons will not be prosecuted during the amnesty.
The government refused to declare an amnesty for people who had not paid the disputed tax.


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