Definition of pardon

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Pardon (v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.

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Irremissible :: Irremissible (a.) Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes..
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..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation..
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..
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to forgive.
Pardonably :: Pardonably (adv.) In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.
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..
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..
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.
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Irremission :: Irremission (n.) Refusal of pardon.
Impardonable :: Impardonable (a.) Unpardonable.
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
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.
Penance :: Penance (n.) A means of repairing a sin committed, and obtaining pardon for it, consisting partly in the performance of expiatory rites, partly in voluntary submission to a punishment corresponding to the transgression. Penance is the fourth of seven sacraments in the Roman Catholic Church..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
Condone :: Condone (v. t.) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife..
Oblivion :: Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) One who pardons.
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