pardon 
par·don (pärd′'n)
transitive verb
- to release (a person) from further punishment for a crime
- to cancel or not exact penalty for (an offense); forgive
- to excuse or forgive (a person) for some minor fault, discourtesy, etc.
- to overlook (a discourtesy, etc.)
Etymology: ME pardonen < OFr pardoner < LL perdonare < L per-, through, quite (see per-) + donare, to give: see date
noun
- a pardoning or being pardoned; forgiveness
- an official document granting a pardon
Etymology: ME < OFr
- pardon me: a mild apology
- please repeat what you have said: a request for information or clarification, often with the rising intonation of a question
I beg your pardon!
excuse me!: a polite formula of apology, disagreement, etc.
pardon
n.
The reduction or removal of punishment
absolution, grace, remission, amnesty, leniency, clemency, exoneration, discharge, exculpation; see also acquittal, mercy 1.Antonyms
punishment*, condemnation, conviction. Forgiveness
excuse, forbearance, conciliation; see forgiveness, kindness 1.A statement granting pardon, sense 1
reprieve, acquittal, exoneration, indulgence, amnesty, release, discharge; see also acquittal, freeing.
pardon
v.
To reduce punishment
exonerate, exculpate, clear, absolve, remit, reprieve, acquit, set free, liberate, discharge, spring*, justify, suspend charges, put on probation, grant amnesty to; see also absolve, free 1, release.Antonyms
punish*, penalize, sentence. To forgive
excuse, condone, overlook, exculpate; see excuse, forgive 1. See syn. study at absolve.
Object
- pun: Moor Trees, if you'll pardon the pun.
- mercy: While grace pardons the guilty, mercy relieves the miserable.
- expression: And made a right pig's ear of it, if you'll pardon the expression.
- prisoner: In the days that followed the king attended to his people, pardoning prisoners, and giving presents and new clothing to the poor.
Converse of object
- beg: Ferrers ordered the man to kneel and to beg pardon.
- grant: Why did the hard man of the Tory party grant a rare royal pardon?
- obtain: He wrote to the Bishop of Winchester who went to the King and obtained a pardon for Marbeck.
- ask: Then I ask the pardon of the rest of the company.
- seek: The shortness and uncertainty of life are strong reasons for seeking pardon and salvation now.
- receive: He received a pardon for the work he performed during a yellow fever outbreak in the fort.
Adjective modifier
- posthumous: Derek Bentley was finally granted a well deserved posthumous pardon in 1998.
- presidential: Efforts on behalf of the three have focused on obtaining either a retrial or a presidential pardon.
- conditional: The Census shows: George, aged 47 holder of a conditional pardon who came on the Somersetshire in 1814.
- royal: Why did the hard man of the Tory party grant a rare royal pardon?
- free: Do not refuse the free pardon, the full salvation which Jesus grants to all who trust Him.
Modifying Another Word
- freely: Turn to the LORD and He will have mercy on you, and to our God, for He will freely pardon you.
Noun used with modifier
- O: O pardon me: Extremity, that sharpens sundry wits, Makes me a Foole.
- I: Good maids and wives, I pardon crave, And lack not that which you would have.
Preposition: of
- sin: Prayers for peace, for want to cease And prayers for pardon of sins ' ere done ' .
Preposition: for
- sin: Dost thou want a pardon for all thy sins?
Sleep; and if life was bitter to thee, pardon, If sweet, give thanks; thou hast no more to live; And to give thanks isgood, and to forgive.
The stars are dead. The animals will not look: We are left alone with our day, and the time is short, and History to the defeated May say Alas but cannot help nor pardon.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong; But they ne'er pardon, who have done the wrong.
Pardon me boy is that the Chattanooga Choo-choo, Track twenty nine, Boy you can give me a shine.
Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console; To be understood as to understand; To be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive; It is in pardoning that we are pardoned; And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
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