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Pardon   /pˈɑrdən/   Listen
Pardon

noun
1.
The act of excusing a mistake or offense.  Synonym: forgiveness.
2.
A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense.  Synonym: amnesty.
3.
The formal act of liberating someone.  Synonyms: amnesty, free pardon.
verb
(past & past part. pardoned; pres. part. pardoning)
1.
Accept an excuse for.  Synonym: excuse.
2.
Grant a pardon to.  "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"



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"Pardon" Quotes from Famous Books



... restraint between them. She was almost ready to beg his pardon, for all the coolness there had been between them, ...
— The Exploits of Elaine • Arthur B. Reeve

... footmen[190] of Lunigiana, who, seeing Tedaldo, made towards him and said, 'Give you good day, Faziuolo.' Whereto Tedaldo in his brothers' presence answered, 'You mistake me.' The others, hearing him speak, were abashed and cried him pardon, saying, 'Forsooth you resemble, more than ever we saw one man favour another, a comrade of ours called Faziuolo of Pontremoli, who came hither some fortnight or more agone, nor could we ever since learn what is come of him. Indeed, we marvelled ...
— The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio • Giovanni Boccaccio

... I said. "You must pardon me. I hope you will soon be better," and I closed the door behind me with his ...
— The Holladay Case - A Tale • Burton E. Stevenson

... Pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I or those I represent to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended ...
— Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence - The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of - Slavery to the Present Time • Various

... to the gold-locked gates and peer between the bars, hoping to see God walking there as formerly. But God walked no more. As He had climbed back into Heaven, He had destroyed the sky-blue stairs behind Him. There was no way in which the Man could reach Him to ask His advice or pardon. ...
— Christmas Outside of Eden • Coningsby Dawson


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