1. An act of clemency by an authority (as a government) by which pardon is granted, esp. to a group of individuals.
- Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
3. Punishing people for entering the US illegally.
- One confused and babbling President.
"Ya know I uh... I've heard all the 'rhetoric', ya know, you've heard it too, 'bout how this (immigration reform bill) is 'amnesty'... Am - amnesty means that YOU GOTTA PAY, ya know, a price for having bin here illegally... And this bill does that."
- George W. Bush, Washington D.C., June 26, 2007.
A zone where farting is permitted without comment or criticism. Usually decided with the significant other, and often the fart amnesty zone is the bed.
- Yesterday, Katy and I decided that the bed was a fart amnesty zone. Boy I thought I would be the one abusing it ...
noun
an organization that exploits human rights for its own political or religious beliefs, and whose members are experts on how they extort a large sum of money from governments, especially the governments of the G8 countries
Recycling scheme for dead dildos. Electricalappliances must now be recycled by law in some countries, the Rabbit Amnesty is a way of avoiding the embarrassment of handing over your old sex toys at your local recycling facility.
You must be joking, I wouldn't be seen dead handing in your worn out dildo. Just as well there's a rabbit amnesty to spare my blushes!
An hugely respected organization whose sole purpose is to promote and preserve human rights across the globe, which is not blinded by idealogical barriers -- they go after right- and left-leaning dictatorships equally -- and which does not compromise itself by casting its lot with corporations, governments or elected officials.