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pardon
[ pahr-dn ]
noun
- kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
- Law.
- a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor.
- the document by which such remission is declared.
- forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
Synonyms: remission, absolution
- Obsolete. a papal indulgence.
verb (used with object)
interjection
- (used, with rising inflection, as an elliptical form of I beg your pardon, as when asking a speaker to repeat something not clearly heard or understood.)
pardon
/ ˈpɑːdən /
verb
- to excuse or forgive (a person) for (an offence, mistake, etc)
to pardon someone
to pardon a fault
noun
- forgiveness; allowance
- release from punishment for an offence
- the warrant granting such release
- a Roman Catholic indulgence
sentence substitute
- Alsopardon meI beg your pardon
- sorry; excuse me
- what did you say?
Derived Forms
- ˈpardonably, adverb
- ˈpardonable, adjective
- ˈpardonless, adjective
Other Words From
- pardon·a·ble adjective
- pardon·a·ble·ness noun
- pardon·a·bly adverb
- pardon·less adjective
- non·pardon·ing adjective
- un·pardon·a·ble adjective
- un·pardon·a·bly adverb
- un·pardoned adjective
- un·pardon·ing adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of pardon1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pardon1
Idioms and Phrases
see beg to differ ; excuse me .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Wahlberg filed his petition for a pardon to the governor of Massachusetts on November 26.
We won an unprecedented pardon from then-President Karzai, and Gulnaz was freed.
The government should be asking the relatives of Alan Turing to pardon them for treating him so appallingly!
“There aren't any steaks involved, pardon the pun,” says Chin.
For all our sins, may the Force that makes forgiveness possible forgive us, pardon us, and make atonement possible.
When the father had finished, he stabbed his wife, telling her to repent of her sins and to confess to God who would pardon her.
If your Majesty will accept mine, you will pardon me for being longer in the answer than was the question.
I am very much obliged for your continued favours, and beg pardon for so often troubling you.
If one man injures another, the prerogative of pardon should belong to the injured man.
The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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