blanket pardon
Sweeping legal forgiveness
A blanket pardon is an official forgiveness of crimes that covers a broad category of people or offenses rather than naming specific individuals or acts.
Unlike a targeted pardon for one person's conviction, a blanket pardon sweeps across an entire class: The president issued a blanket pardon for all draft evaders.
The term emphasizes the indiscriminate, all-covering nature—like a blanket spread over everything beneath it.
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- forgivenessReleasing resentment toward offenders
- immunityProtected from harm
- reprievePostponement of punishment
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- pardonsclemency, amnesty, commutation, reprieve
blanket pardoncollective punishment
Penalizing entire group for individual's actions
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