Amnestied

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ˈam.nəs.tiːd/

Definitions

1. Given official pardon for offenses, typically political or military crimes
2. Formally forgiven for wrongdoing through a government pardon
3. Released from legal penalties by an official act of forgiveness

Etymology: "Amnestied" is simply the past tense and past participle of "amnesty," formed by adding the regular "-ed" ending to that noun. The base word, "amnesty," comes from Greek "amnēstia," meaning "forgetfulness" or "oblivion," from "amnēstos," "forgotten," with the root sense of a deliberate forgetting of past offences. Its use as a verb, meaning to pardon a group of people by official decree, follows naturally from the noun: to amnesty someone is to declare their past offences forgotten.

Synonyms: pardoned, forgiven

Antonyms: punished, condemned