offer amnesty

Frequency: 7.512.8 per million words

To propose or present the possibility of a pardon.

amnestyVERB + AMNESTY

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Examples (10)

  • The new government plans to offer amnesty to rebels who lay down their arms.
  • Last year, the president offered amnesty to undocumented immigrants who registered with the authorities.
  • The international community urged the regime to offer amnesty to political dissidents.
  • Offering amnesty was a controversial but necessary step toward national healing.
  • The finance ministry will offer a tax amnesty to individuals with offshore accounts.
  • The general was reluctant to offer amnesty, believing it would undermine military discipline.
  • A key part of the peace proposal is to offer amnesty to all former combatants.
  • Why would a victorious army offer amnesty to its defeated enemies?
  • The king has the authority to offer amnesty on special occasions.
  • Before the program expired, they offered amnesty one last time for people to surrender illegal firearms.