different between amnesty vs rehabilitation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amnestie (Modern French amnistie), a borrowing from Latin amnestia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ???????? (amn?stía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm.n?.sti/

Noun

amnesty (countable and uncountable, plural amnesties)

1. Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
2. 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

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Verb

amnesty (third-person singular simple present amnesties, present participle amnestying, simple past and past participle amnestied)

1. To grant a pardon (to a group)

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Further reading

• amnesty in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amnesty in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amnesty at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Matneys, Yetmans, maytens

English

Etymology

From Middle French réhabilitation, from Medieval Latin rehabilitatio.

Noun

rehabilitation (countable and uncountable, plural rehabilitations)

1. The process of rehabilitating somebody or something.
   • August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow," guardian.co.uk:

     Maybe now it should be clearer why Louis van Gaal has been telling anyone who cares to listen they should not be surprised if Manchester United’s rehabilitation takes longer than they would ideally like.

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See also

• rehab