恩赦|おんしゃonsha[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounamnesty; pardon
   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.

• SynonymアムネスティNeutralLoanword meaning a general amnesty; also the name of the international human rights organization. 「恩赦」 is the formal legal term in Japanese law.
• Synonym赦免しゃめんWrittenWritten/formal word for pardoning or forgiving offenses in general; 「恩赦」 is narrower, meaning executive remission of a court-finalized sentence.
• Antonym処罰しょばつNeutralRefers to imposing punishment; the neutral opposite of 「恩赦」 in whether a penalty is imposed or remitted.
• Antonym刑罰けいばつWrittenWritten/formal term for the sanction the state imposes on an offender; 「恩赦」, which remits such punishment, is its opposite.

Use 「恩赦」 for the executive remitting all or part of a finalized sentence, as in 「恩赦で減刑」. For pardoning offenses in general use 「赦免」; the loanword 「アムネスティ」 is used for amnesties and names the human rights group. Opposites: 「処罰」, 「刑罰」.

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1. 裁判さいばんで確定かくていした刑けいを行政権ぎょうせいけんによりその執行しっこうの一部いちぶまたは全部ぜんぶを免除めんじょすること。