The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AMNESTY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result AMNESTY
- Many set free, given pardon
- Cosy situation Johnson accepts in human rights group
- Johnson, say, burying old cabinet gives immunity?
- Expression of surprise about retreat after a suspension of law
- Lady guards breeding ground! Pardon?
- Man’s yet to be freed, getting pardon
- Changed man’s yet to get a pardon
- Campaigners wanting many set free
- Pardon means rebels got lucky in the end
- Welcoming home girl getting pardon
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What does AMNESTY mean?
AMNESTY noun- Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
- An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
- To grant a pardon (to a group)