Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

amnesty

amnesty (am"nes*ty) , noun

[Latin amnestia, Greek 'amnhsti`a, a forgetting, from 'a`mnhstos forgotten, forgetful; 'a priv. + mna^sqai to remember: compare French amnistie, earlier amnestie. See Mean, v.]

1.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
2.
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnesty ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

To grant amnesty to.