Definition of pardon

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Pardon (v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.

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Remitter :: Remitter (n.) One who pardons.
Impardonable :: Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Oblivion :: Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion..
Pardoning :: Pardoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pardo.
Excusable :: Excusable (a.) That may be excused, forgiven, justified, or acquitted of blame; pardonable; as, the man is excusable; an excusable action..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
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..
Grace :: Grace (n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) A seller of indulgences.
Forgive :: Forgive (v. t.) To give up resentment or claim to requital on account of (an offense or wrong); to remit the penalty of; to pardon; -- said in reference to the act forgiven.
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
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..
Irremissible :: Irremissible (a.) Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes..
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) One who pardons.
Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..
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