Definition of pardon

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Pardon (v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution..

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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..
Irremissible :: Irremissible (a.) Not remissible; unpardonable; as, irremissible crimes..
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) One who pardons.
Ignoscible :: Ignoscible (a.) Pardonable.
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
Pardonableness :: Pardonableness (n.) The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To give leave (of departure) to.
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.
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) A seller of indulgences.
Approvement :: Approvement (n.) a confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplish and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon. The term is no longer in use; it corresponded to what is now known as turning king's (or queen's) evidence in England, and state's evidence in the United States..
Irremission :: Irremission (n.) Refusal of pardon.
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
Condonation :: Condonation (n.) The act of condoning or pardoning.
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..
Pardonable :: Pardonable (a.) Admitting of pardon; not requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit..
Veniable :: Veniable (a.) Venial; pardonable.
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) One who pardons.
Venial :: Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression..
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