Pardon
['pɑːd(ə)n] or ['pɑrdn]
Definition
(noun.) a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense.
(verb.) grant a pardon to; 'Ford pardoned Nixon'; 'The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President'.
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Definition
(v. t.) The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
(v. t.) An official warrant of remission of penalty.
(v. t.) The state of being forgiven.
(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.
(v. t.) To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
(v. t.) To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
(v. t.) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
(v. t.) To give leave (of departure) to.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Remit, overlook, pass over.[2]. Forgive (especially for a grave offence), absolve, excuse, acquit.
n. Forgiveness (especially of a grave offence after conviction, and granted to a specified person), remission (of a penalty incurred), absolution, grace, mercy, AMNESTY.
Editor: Mamie
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Forgive, condone, absolve, acquit, remit, excuse, overlook
ANT:Condemn, punish, visit
Typist: Ludwig
Definition
v.t. to forgive said either of an offender or of a crime: to pass by without punishment or blame: to set free from punishment: to let off without doing something.—n. forgiveness either of an offender or of his offence: remission of a penalty or punishment: a warrant declaring a pardon: a papal indulgence.—adj. Par′donable that may be pardoned: excusable.—n. Par′donableness.—adv. Par′donably.—n. Par′doner one who pardons: formerly one licensed to sell papal indulgences.—p.adj. Par′doning disposed to pardon: forgiving: exercising the right or power to pardon: conferring authority to grant pardon.—Pardon me excuse me—used in apology and to soften a contradiction.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are endeavoring to gain pardon for an offense which you never committed, denotes that you will be troubled, and seemingly with cause, over your affairs, but it will finally appear that it was for your advancement. If offense was committed, you will realize embarrassment in affairs. To receive pardon, you will prosper after a series of misfortunes. See kindred words.
Editor: Seth
Unserious Contents or Definition
v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
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Examples
- There, I found my mother, very pale and with red eyes: into whose arms I ran, and begged her pardon from my suffering soul. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I hope time has not made you less willing to pardon. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Pardon me, Miss Halcombe, he said, still keeping his hand over his face, pardon me if I remind you that I have claimed no such right. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I beg your pardon, Mr. Bruff. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Nay, pardon me, he replied; I have no right to command or reproach; but my life hangs on your departure and speedy return. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Beg your pardon, sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pardon me,' said the gentleman. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Dorothea saw that she had been in the wrong, and Celia pardoned her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This, notwithstanding it was a fundamental error, was pardoned, and excited an expression of loud applause from the gallery auditors. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Let me be pardoned; that is what I ask. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The foreign gentleman begged to be pardoned, but did not altogether understand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My lord had bought so many men during his life that he was surely to be pardoned for supposing that he had found the price of this one. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I did but make a mistake between my right hand and my left; and he might have pardoned a greater, who took a fool for his counsellor and guide. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Had he drunk a dozen bottles of claret, the old spinster could have pardoned him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I beg a thousand pardons,' said Mr. Pott. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A thousand pardons, Miss Halcombe, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I ask your pardons, Governors,' replied the ghost, as before, 'but probable you was not aware your door stood open. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A thousand pardons, Mr. Hartright; servants are such asses, are they not? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A thousand pardons, Mr. Hartright, I'm afraid I bore you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- These were found to be only to grant pardons upon submission. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- I ask your pardons, Governors,' replied the ghost, in a hoarse double-barrelled whisper, 'but might either on you be Lawyer Lightwood? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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