How to say "amnesty" in Japanese

• 恩赦おんしゃCommon
  nounThe word for amnesty as an official act of clemency by the state: forgiving offenses or pardoning offenders by government decision. Covers both the 'amnesty' and 'pardon' senses in legal and political contexts.
  彼かれらは恩赦おんしゃ法ほうによって許ゆるされるはずだ。↗

  They should be pardoned by the amnesty law.
• アムネスティCommon
  nounA loanword for 'amnesty', but in practice chiefly the short Japanese name of the human-rights organization Amnesty International; for the legal sense of amnesty, use 恩赦.
• 赦免しゃめんCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbEmphasizes the pardoning itself — releasing someone from a penalty or remitting a sentence — so it sits closer to 'pardon' and 'remission' than to a sweeping political amnesty, for which 恩赦 is the natural choice.
  その囚人しゅうじんは刑期けいきに服ふくした後あと赦免しゃめんされた。↗

  The convict was pardoned after serving his sentence.

Choose 恩赦 for amnesty as an official act of state clemency, 赦免 for the pardoning or remission of a penalty, and 「アムネスティ」 chiefly for the human-rights organization Amnesty International.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 恩赦おんしゃamnesty
• アムネスティamnesty
• 赦免しゃめんpardon
• 大赦たいしゃamnesty
• 赦しゃpardon
• 特赦とくしゃspecial pardon