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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Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) To regard with indulgence; to view leniently or to overlook; to pardon.
Forgiveness :: Forgiveness (n.) Disposition to pardon; willingness to forgive.
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..
Remitter :: Remitter (n.) One who pardons.
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.
Venial :: Venial (a.) Capable of being forgiven; not heinous; excusable; pardonable; as, a venial fault or transgression..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.
Pardonableness :: Pardonableness (n.) The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin..
Forgivable :: Forgivable (a.) Capable of being forgiven; pardonable; venial.
Pardonably :: Pardonably (adv.) In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably.
Oblivion :: Oblivion (n.) Official ignoring of offenses; amnesty, or general pardon; as, an act of oblivion..
Deprecation :: Deprecation (n.) Entreaty for pardon; petitioning.
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..
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..
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation..
Pardon :: Pardon (v. t.) The state of being forgiven.
Pardoning :: Pardoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pardo.
Ignoscible :: Ignoscible (a.) Pardonable.
Justify :: Justify (a.) To treat as if righteous and just; to pardon; to exculpate; to absolve.
Pardoner :: Pardoner (n.) One who pardons.
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