pardon
252
4.2
- noun
- /ˈpɑrdən/
- Formal
:
indulto
- After serving five years in prison, he received a pardon from the governor that freed him from further punishment.
- grant a pardon
- a presidential pardon
- a blanket pardon
Additionally, it's possible that the pardons themselves might be crimes.
- Additionally, it's possible that the pardons themselves might be crimes.
- OK, blanket pardon has no historical precedent.
- To say that these people are undeserving of pardons is a vast, vast, vast understatement.
- Like Ron Paul said in a tweet the day before yesterday when that pardon was issued that this isn't over.
- So I guess, yeah, his only option now is is a commutation or a pardon.
- They won the Hugh Hefner First Amendment Award that year for the book that led to the pardon effort.
- Well, Kylie, I mean, the only way this is possible, I guess, would be if Chloe has issued a total pardon.
- And he loved that Walt Whitman got a job working in the corner of the White House writing those pardons out.
- Mayor, there's this issue of a pardon and he says he goes like this.
Examples
-
Many are afraid of the past and want to build the future on pardons and forgetting.
Academic text (2003) -
Wilson's family appealed the pardon and Law, following the advice of his friends and with the King's blessing, escaped prison and fled to Amsterdam.
-
And when you go in, you know, you can present this as like as part of the request for a pardon after six years.
-
Under the circumstances, a pardon perhaps...
-
One man bears hatred against another and he seeks pardon from the Lord.
-
For which, I do herewith ask pardon, on my honour.
-
I am informed that as knight commander... you now hold the king's power of pardon for all prisoners.
-
So I don't want to hear about the pardons that Joe Biden gave.
-
And if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons because they are being treated so unfairly.
-
" Lady Tarleton, I beg your pardon if I've offended you.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
333
2.2
An act of letting go of anger toward someone after they hurt you
1
7.9
Power that allows a president or governor to change a prison sentence
1
7.0
To officially pardon a group so they are not punished
1
9.9
To forgive or ignore a wrong action, often in law
An official act that forgives someone for a crime and ends their legal punishments
A formal act that forgives a punishment or sin
Officially canceling a debt or other financial penalty
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
An official act that forgives someone for a crime and ends their legal punishments
How Official
- Formal
10
7.9
- Formal
150
6.8
- Formal
252
4.2
- Formal
5
7.7
- Formal
6
7.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
The noun pardon comes from Latin perdonare, with per- 'completely' and donare 'to give'. A pardon is like an official 'gift' of forgiveness that frees a person from punishment.