amnesty

amnistie

Décision officielle de pardonner les crimes d’un groupe de personnes et de mettre fin à leurs sanctions.

En anglais simple : An official decision to forgive a group of people for crimes and stop punishing them.

• The government announced an amnesty.
• Hundreds of prisoners were released under the amnesty.
• The rebels asked for an amnesty before surrendering.

Comment l'utiliser : amnesty for someone/something (The president granted an amnesty for political prisoners.)

Synonymes : pardon

Expressions courantes : grant an amnesty, general amnesty, amnesty for prisoners, declare an amnesty