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Pardon

Pardon (pardon)
n.(?)
Par"don
[F., fr. pardonner to pardon. See Pardon, v. t.]
  1. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

    Pardon, my lord, for me and for my tidings. Shak.

    But infinite in pardon was my judge. Milton.

    Used in expressing courteous denial or contradiction; as, I crave your pardon; or in indicating that one has not understood another; as, I beg pardon.

  2. An official warrant of remission of penalty.

    Sign me a present pardon for my brother. Shak.

  3. The state of being forgiven.
    South.
  4. 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.

    Syn. -- Forgiveness; remission. See Forgiveness.

Pardon

Pardon (pardon)
v. t.
Par"don
  1. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.

    In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant. 2 Kings v. 18.

    I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardom me. Shak.

  2. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.

    I pray thee, pardon my sin. 1 S(?)(?). xv. 25.

    Apollo, pardon
    My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle (?)     Shak.

  3. To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

    I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it. Shak.

  4. To give leave (of departure) to.
    [Obs.]

    Even now about it! I will pardon you. Shak.

    Pardon me, forgive me; excuse me; -- a phrase used also to express courteous denial or contradiction.

    Syn. -- To forgive; absolve; excuse; overlook; remit; acquit. See Excuse.













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