| Pardon |
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution. |
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| Pardon |
An official warrant of remission of penalty. |
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| Pardon |
The state of being forgiven. |
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| Pardon |
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. |
v. t. |
| Pardon |
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender. |
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