pardon

1. v. t. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution. Source: opted

2. v. t. An official warrant of remission of penalty. Source: opted

3. v. t. The state of being forgiven. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

5. v. t. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender. Source: opted

6. v. t. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses. Source: opted

7. v. t. To refrain from exacting as a penalty. Source: opted

8. v. t. To give leave (of departure) to. Source: opted

9. n. the act of excusing a mistake or offense Source: wordnet

10. n. a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense Source: wordnet

11. n. the formal act of liberating someone Source: wordnet

12. v. accept an excuse for Source: wordnet

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