Definition of pardon Pardon

/pɑˈɹdʌn/ - [pardun] - par•don

We found 25 definitions of pardon from 9 different sources.

What does pardon mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: pardons
pardon - a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
		amnesty
		warrant a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
pardon - the formal act of liberating someone
		amnesty, free pardon
		clemency, mercifulness, mercy leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice; "he threw himself on the mercy of the court"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
pardon - the act of excusing a mistake or offense
		forgiveness
		benignity, kindness the quality of being kind and gentle
		condonation a pardon by treating the offender as if the offense had not occurred
Verb pardons, pardoning, pardoned
pardon - grant a pardon to; "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"
		forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		amnesty grant a pardon to (a group of people)
pardon - accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"
		excuse
		forgive stop blaming or grant forgiveness; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"

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Wiktionary

pardon (Noun)
Forgiveness for an offence.
pardon (Noun)
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.
pardon (Verb)
To forgive.
pardon (Verb)
To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

pardon (v. t.)
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
pardon (v. t.)
An official warrant of remission of penalty.
pardon (v. t.)
The state of being forgiven.
pardon (v. t.)
A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.
pardon (v. t.)
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
pardon (v. t.)
To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
pardon (v. t.)
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
pardon (v. t.)
To give leave (of departure) to.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

pardon
To stop blaming someone for an offense.
pardon
An interjection that indicates that a person doesn't understand and invites the other person to repeat it.
pardon
A warrant granting release from punishment for an offence.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

pardon
pär′don, v.t. to forgive, said either of an offender or of a crime: to pass by without punishment or blame: to set free from punishment: to let off without doing something.—n. forgiveness, either of an offender or of his offence: remission of a penalty or punishment: a warrant declaring a pardon: a papal indulgence.—adj. Par′donable, that may be pardoned: excusable.—n. Par′donableness.—adv. Par′donably.—n. Par′doner, one who pardons: formerly, one licensed to sell papal indulgences.—p.adj. Par′doning, disposed to pardon: forgiving: exercising the right or power to pardon: conferring authority to grant pardon.—Pardon me, excuse me—used in apology and to soften a contradiction. [Fr. pardonner—Low L. perdonāre—L. per, through, away, donāre, to give.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

pardon
The gazetted amnesty or remission of penalty for deserters who return to their duty; the same as act of grace.

Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗

pardon
Pardon all men, but never thyself.

Wikipedia

A Pardon is what a President or other important political person "gives" to someone who has been put in jail or taken to court. Whoever gets this pardon is free and not guilty anymore.

Usually Presidents give these right when they are about to leave and cannot be elected again, because sometimes people get very angry at the President for pardoning criminals.

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pardon, verb, present, 1st person singular of pardon (infinitive).
pardon, verb (infinitive).
pardon, noun, singular of pardons.

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