1. pardon - Noun
2. pardon - Verb
3. pardon - Interjection
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
An official warrant of remission of penalty.
The state of being forgiven.
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.
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
To give leave (of departure) to.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPlease excuse my dirty hands Source: Internet
Ford pardoned Nixon Source: Internet
The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President Source: Internet
A few days back, the said he was considering a pardon for Snowden, who gave a trove of secret files in 2013 to news organizations that disclosed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the US intelligence department. Source: Internet
A condition of Raleigh's pardon was avoidance of any hostility against Spanish colonies or shipping. Source: Internet
Aelswith renounced Alfred's pardon and put Uhtred in prison, preventing him from saving Thyra, the only living relative he had of his Dane family. Source: Internet