how to pronounce amnesty

/ˈæmnəstiː/

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amnesty is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of amnesty in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and then amnesty international says that …”

meaning of amnesty

Amnesty is a pardon for a crime or a general release from punishment.

amnesty frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word amnesty occurs in english on average 2.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics amnesty can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that amnesty can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;