赦しゃ

noun

pardon; amnesty

Formal or legal term for an official pardon or amnesty, often used in contexts of criminal justice or historical acts of clemency.

• 国こく王おうは囚しゅう人じんに赦しゃを与あたえた。

  The king granted a pardon to the prisoner.

• 大たい赦しゃ令れいによって多おおくの政せい治じ犯はんが釈しゃく放ほうされた。

  Many political prisoners were released by the general amnesty decree.