The word amnesty comes from the Greek word amnesta, meaning
forgetfulness, and shares the same root as amnesia Amnesty is a pardon granted
by a government or other authority to a large group of people
How does the concept of forgetuiness relate to the meaning of amnests
Amnesty is granted to individuals who would otherwise be forgotten
by society
The wrongdoing committed by those granted amnesy is officially
forgonen
An oficial booy grants amnesty only after a certain number of years

forgetfulness and amnesta are related, as amnesta requires the forgetfulness of a imposed rule in order to help people,for instance. if there was a law saying USA cannot take in her borders many from this or that country , ie but a decision was made to allow the arrival of the amnesty seeking people, it would be likely that ...."amnesty," was applied to the situation. those people were given amnesty as it was seemed necessary to have them come on over. forgetting the intricacies if why we formerly did not allow the emigration if these sane was then obviously a necessity.