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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Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To give leave (of departure) to.
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..
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) A seller of indulgences.
Ignoscible :: Ignoscible (a.) Pardonable.
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..
Irremission :: Irremission (n.) Refusal of pardon.
Pardoning :: Pardoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pardo.
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..
Pardonably :: Pardonably (adv.) In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.
Cure :: Cure (n.) A curate; a 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..
Venial :: Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression..
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..
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..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
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..
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) The act of condoning or pardoning.
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