Amnesty vs. Clemency

Amnestynoun

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Amnestynoun

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnestyverb

To grant a pardon (to a group)

Amnestynoun

Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.

Amnestynoun

An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

Amnestyverb

To grant amnesty to.

Amnestynoun

a period during which offenders are exempt from punishment

Amnestynoun

a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

Amnestynoun

the formal act of liberating someone

Amnestyverb

grant a pardon to (a group of people)

Amnesty

Amnesty (from the Greek ἀμνηστία amnestia, ) is defined as An amnesty constitutes more than a pardon, in so much as it obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense. Amnesty is increasingly used to express the idea of and to refer to when prisoners can go free.

Clemencynoun

The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.

Clemencynoun

(legal) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.

Clemencynoun

Mildness of weather.

Clemencynoun

Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

Clemencynoun

Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season.

Clemencynoun

good weather with comfortable temperatures

Clemencynoun

leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice;