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Definition of Pardon
1. Verb. Accept an excuse for. "Please excuse my dirty hands"
2. Noun. The act of excusing a mistake or offense.
Generic synonyms: Benignity, Kindness
Specialized synonyms: Condonation, Exculpation
3. Verb. Grant a pardon to. "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"
Generic synonyms: Forgive
Specialized synonyms: Amnesty
Derivative terms: Pardoner, Pardoner
4. Noun. A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense.
Generic synonyms: Warrant
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Amnesty
5. Noun. The formal act of liberating someone.
Generic synonyms: Clemency, Mercifulness, Mercy
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Amnesty
Definition of Pardon
1. n. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
2. v. t. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
Definition of Pardon
1. Noun. Forgiveness for an offence. ¹
2. Noun. (legal) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To forgive. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive legal) To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt. ¹
5. Interjection. (non-gloss definition Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pardon
1. to release from liability for an offense [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Pardon
1. 1. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; applied to the offender. "In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant." (2 Kings v. 18) "I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardom me." (Shak) 2. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; applied to offenses. "I pray thee, pardon my sin." (1 S. Xv. 25) "Apollo, pardon My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle " (Shak) 3. To refrain from exacting as a penalty. "I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it." (Shak) 4. To give leave (of departure) to. "Even now about it! I will pardon you." (Shak) Pardon me, forgive me; excuse me; a phrase used also to express courteous denial or contradiction. Synonym: To forgive, absolve, excuse, overlook, remit, asquit. See Excuse. Origin: Either fr. Pardon, n, or from F. Pardonner, LL. Perdonare; L. Per through, thoroughly, perfectly + donare to give, to present. See Par-, and Donation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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