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Amnesty vs Condone - What's the difference?

amnesty | condone |

As a proper noun amnesty

is (amnesty international), a uk-based charity.

As a verb condone is

to forgive, excuse or overlook (something).

amnesty

English

Noun

(amnesties)
  • Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
  • An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.

    • Related terms

    * Amnesty International

    Verb

  • To grant a pardon (to a group)

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    condone

    English

    Verb

    (condon)
  • To forgive, excuse or overlook (something).
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=18 citation , passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]?  Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
  • To allow, accept or permit (something).
  • (legal) To forgive (marital infidelity or other marital offense).

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