Definition of pardon

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Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..

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Excusable :: Excusable (a.) That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action..
Probator :: Probator (n.) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's evidence..
Commutation :: Commutation (n.) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
Irremissible :: Irremissible (a.) Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes..
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Oblivion :: Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To pardon, as a fault; to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook; as, we excuse irregular conduct, when extraordinary circumstances appear to justify it..
Pardonably :: Pardonably (adv.) In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) One who pardons.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The state of being forgiven.
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..
Grace :: Grace (n.) The divine favor toward man; the mercy of God, as distinguished from His justice; also, any benefits His mercy imparts; divine love or pardon; a state of acceptance with God; enjoyment of the divine favor..
Grace :: Grace (n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon..
Ransom :: Ransom (n.) A sum paid for the pardon of some great offense and the discharge of the offender; also, a fine paid in lieu of corporal punishment..
Impardonable :: Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation..
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