Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

diplomacy, n.: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

FORMA PAUPERIS. [Latin] In the character of a poor person - a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose his case.

ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution.

PLEONASM, n. An army of words escorting a corporal of thought.

HUSBAND, n. One who, having dined, is charged with the care of the plate.

PRE-EXISTENCE, n. An unnoted factor in creation.