Word Meaning

Meaning of pardon

- The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
- An official warrant of remission of penalty.
- The state of being forgiven.
- 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.
- To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
- To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
- To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
- To give leave (of departure) to.

Crossword clue for pardon

- Absolve
- Excuse
- Forgive
- Forgive or excuse