Definition of pardon

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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..

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Ignoscible :: Ignoscible (a.) Pardonable.
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.
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The state of being forgiven.
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) The act of condoning or pardoning.
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) One who pardons.
Veniable :: Veniable (a.) Venial; pardonable.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
Absolve :: Absolve (v. t.) To free from a penalty; to pardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt.
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) One who pardons.
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To forgive; to pardon; to remove.
Pardoned :: Pardoned (imp. & p. p.) of Pardo.
Grace :: Grace (n.) The prerogative of mercy execised by the executive, as pardon..
Cure :: Cure (n.) A curate; a pardon.
Pardon :: 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..
Remission :: Remission (n.) Discharge from that which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc..
Amnesty :: Amnesty (v.) An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
Oblivion :: Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion..
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