amnestiya

Cebuano

Etymology

From English amnesty, borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: am‧nes‧ti‧ya

Noun

amnestiya

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

Quotations

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