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。 ■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. 一个月的武器赦令。
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[with obj.]grant an official pardon to 对…大赦 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。
语源
late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek amnēstia 'forgetfulness'