(pl. -ies)
1- an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offences（对政治犯的）大赦, 赦免：
an amnesty for political prisoners
对政治犯的赦免
mass noun the new law granted amnesty to those who illegally left the country.新的法律赦免了那些非法出境者。
1.1
- an undertaking by the authorities to take no action against specified offences or offenders during a fixed period大赦令：
a month-long weapons amnesty.
为期一个月的武器大赦令。
-ies, -ied
with obj. grant an official pardon to对…实行大赦, 赦免：the guerrillas would be amnestied and allowed to return to civilian life.
游击队员将被赦免, 回归平民生活。
词源
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek amnēstia 'forgetfulness'.