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amnesty

noun as in pardon, often by government

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If anything, he said, Reagan made things worse by signing a 1986 law granting amnesty to about 3 million people who came to the U.S. illegally.

It will be up to Paris to grant "clemency, amnesty or a reduced sentence", he said.

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An amnesty has been granted as police seek to take several types of gun commonly used in shootings off the streets.

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If you’re against mass deportations and want to see some sort of amnesty, it’s easy to feel deflated and even easier to curse Orange County for its past.

Surveys, including one conducted right after Trump’s amnesty order, showed roughly 60% of those polled were opposed to pardoning Jan. 6 offenders.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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