Am″nes‐ty (�), n. [L. amnestia, Gr. �, a forgetting, fr. � forgotten, forgetful; ἀ priv. + μνα̑σθαι to remember: cf. F. 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.