as in amnesty
release from the guilt or penalty of an offense
a king who was once obliged to do public penance for the remittal of his sins
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Noun
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Backing union struggles and the fight for amnesty, a life and death question for the labor movement.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2025 -
As with the protest earlier this month, the former President and his allies will push for Congress to grant amnesty to those in jail for their roles in the Jan. 8, 2023, riot, when Bolsonaro's supporters stormed and trashed the Supreme Court, Presidential Palace and Congress.—
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26 Mar. 2025
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Processing forbearances can count toward student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program for a period of up to 60 days.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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More than 134,000 Los Angeles County residents began getting notices in the mail Monday as part of the first wave of medical bill forgiveness made possible by the county’s Medical Debt Relief Program.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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In 2023, the Italian government helped to secure a pardon for Patrick George Zaki, an Egyptian student who was detained for almost two years for writing an opinion column in a student newspaper, after a trip home from the University of Bologna.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Trump also announced Martin will serve as associate deputy attorney general and a pardon attorney within the Justice Department, CBS News reported.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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This marks a notable increase over more conventional antidepressant therapy treatments, whose remission rates hover around 45 percent.—
John Semley,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2025
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While these drugs can induce remission, long-term survival rate remains unfavorable.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Remittal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remittal. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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