Pardon

Noun

 * 1) Forgiveness for an offence.
 * 2) * 1748: Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
 * a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends;
 * 1)  An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
 * 2) * 1974: President Gerald Ford, Proclamation 4311
 * I... have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States ...

Derived terms

 * I beg your pardon

Verb

 * 1)  To forgive.
 * 2) * 1599: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
 * O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
 * 1) * 1815: Jane Austen, Emma
 * I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive.
 * 1)  To grant an official pardon for a crime.
 * 2) *1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

Derived terms

 * pardonable
 * pardoner
 * pardon me
 * pardon my French
 * unpardonable

Interjection

 * Pardon?, What did you say?, Can you say that again?
 * Pardon?, What did you say?, Can you say that again?

Adjectives for Pardon
remorseful; free; present; unconditional; long-sought; welcome; humble.

Verbs for Pardon
accept—; beg—; buy—; crave—; expect— grant—; implore—; invoke—; purchase— refuse—; seek—; —absolves; —conciliates '—condones; —heals; —placates; —propiti ates ; —purges; —ransoms; —repairs; — reprieves; —whitewashes (colloq.).

Adverbs for Pardon
magnanimously; benignly; unconditionally; freely; indulgently; leniently.

Thesaurus
absolution, absolve, accept, acquit, acquittal, acquittance, allow, allowance, amnesty, benevolence, clear, clearance, clearing, clemency, commiseration, compassion, compurgation, condolence, condonation, condone, decontaminate, destigmatization, destigmatize, destigmatizing, discharge, disculpation, dismiss, dismissal, dispense from, exculpate, exculpation, excusal, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exemption, exonerate, exoneration, favor, feeling, forbear, forbearance, forgive, forgiveness, forgiving, free, give absolution, give quarter, grace, grant amnesty to, grant forgiveness, grant immunity, grant remission, have mercy upon, have pity, humanity, immunity, indemnification, indemnity, indulge, indulgence, justification, justify, kindness, leniency, let go, let off, let up on, liberate, melt, mercy, mitigation, nonpros, overlook, overlooking, pathos, pity, purgation, purge, purging, quarter, quash the charge, quietus, quittance, redemption, relax, release, relent, relief, remission, remission of sin, remit, reprieve, ruth, self-pity, set free, shrift, shrive, small-town, spare, sparing, sympathy, take pity on, thaw, tolerate, verdict of acquittal, vindicate, vindication, whitewash, withdraw the charge

Etymology
pardonen from pardoner from  *undefined: < per-: + donare:, a loan-translation of a  word represented by  *undefined: < fir-: + geban:. Akin to fargeban, firgeban:,  forgiefan:. More at forgive.

Noun

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: إبراء, إعفاء
 * Catalan: perdó
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Esperanto: pardono
 * Finnish:


 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, συχώρεση
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: tilgivelse
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: perdón


 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:, صفح
 * Catalan: perdó, indult
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Greek: αμνηστεία,
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Norwegian: benådning
 * Polish:
 * Russian: помилование
 * Spanish: indulto


 * : חנינה (ĥanina)



Verb

 * Arabic: عفا, غفر
 * Catalan: perdonar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 寬恕, 宽恕
 * Finnish: antaa anteeksi
 * French:


 * German: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian: tilgi
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: förlåta


 * Arabic: عفا, عذر
 * Catalan: perdonar, indultar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,


 * German:
 * Japanese:, 容赦,
 * Norwegian: benåde
 * Russian: помиловать
 * Spanish: indultar


 * : اذن
 * : grâce


 * : indulgo
 * : förlåta, ursäkta

Interjection

 * Arabic:, ماذا قلت
 * Catalan: perdó
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish: Anteeksi?, Anteeksi kuinka?, Mitä?
 * French: désolé, excusez-moi, excuse-moi, pardon?, comment?,
 * German: pardon?, was?, wie? , wie bitte?
 * Japanese:, add 言って下さい|tr=いってください (itte kudasai) (to the end to make the request more polite),  ,


 * Persian: ببخشید, معذرت می‌خواهم
 * Romanian: poftim
 * Russian: прошу прощения, что вы сказали?, (plain)  (read: što)
 * Spanish: ¿cómo?, ¿perdón?, ¿ah?, ¿eh? , ¿mande?
 * Swedish: ursäkta?, förlåt?, va?

Interjection

 * 1) excuse me
 * 2) sorry

Noun

 * 1) pardon, forgiveness

Etymology
Deverbal of pardonner.

Anagrams

 * pondra

Noun

 * 1) mercy

Synonyms

 * nåd