Thesaurus: pardon

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1. v. t. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
2. v. t. An official warrant of remission of penalty.
3. v. t. The state of being forgiven.
4. 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.
5. v. t. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
6. v. t. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
7. v. t. To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
8. v. t. To give leave (of departure) to.
9. n. the act of excusing a mistake or offense
10. n. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
11. n. the formal act of liberating someone
12. v. accept an excuse for