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amnesty

/ˈæm.nɪ.sti/ noun C1
  1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. (countable, uncountable)
  2. An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. (countable, uncountable)

Plural amnesties

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Come, now, I have hopes of obtaining what I have been for years endeavoring to persuade the marquise to promise; namely, a perfect amnesty and forgetfulness of the past.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 46 · C1

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