Amnesty

[Gr. amnestia, from a, not, and mnaomai, mnasthai, to remember.] In political law. An act of pardon, or oblivion. Cowell. — A public declaration or proclamation that all acts against the established authority shall be forgotten and pardoned. Hume's Essays, part ii., essay 11. — A declaration of the person or persons who have newly acquired or recovered the sovereign power in a state, by which they pardon all persons who composed, supported or obeyed the government which has been overthrown. P. Cyclopedia.