Definitions for Pardon
ˈpɑr dnpar·don

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. forgiveness, pardonnoun

   the act of excusing a mistake or offense

2. pardon, amnestynoun

   a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

3. amnesty, pardon, free pardonverb

   the formal act of liberating someone

4. excuse, pardonverb

   accept an excuse for

   "Please excuse my dirty hands"

5. pardonverb

   grant a pardon to

   "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pardonnoun

   Forgiveness for an offence.

2. pardonnoun

   An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.

3. pardonverb

   To forgive.

4. pardonverb

   To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt.

5. Etymology: pardonen from pardoner from *, from per- + donare, a loan-translation of a word represented by *, from fir- + geban. Akin to fargeban, firgeban, forgiefan. More at forgive.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pardonnoun

   Etymology: pardon, Fr. from the verb.

   1. Forgiveness of an offender.2. Forgiveness of a crime; indulgence.

   He that pleaseth great men, shall get pardon for iniquity. Ecclus. xx. 27.

   A slight pamphlet, about the elements of architecture, hath been entertained with some pardon among my friends. Henry Wotton.

   3. Remission of penalty.4. Forgiveness received.

   A man may be safe as to his condition, but, in the mean time, dark and doubtful as to his apprehensions; secure in his pardon, but miserable in the ignorance of it; and so passing all his days in the disconsolate, uneasy vicissitudes of hopes and fears, at length go out of the world, not knowing whither he goes. Robert South, Sermons.

   5. Warrant of forgiveness, or exemption from punishment.

   The battle done, and they within our power,
   Shall never see his pardon. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

2. To PARDONverb

   Etymology: pardonner, French.

   1. To excuse an offender.

   When I beheld you in Cilicia,
   An enemy to Rome, I pardon’d you. Dryden.

   2. To forgive a crime.3. To remit a penalty.

   That thou may’st see the diff’rence of our spirit,
   I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it. William Shakespeare.

   4. Pardon me, is a word of civil denial, or slight apology.

   Sir, pardon me, it is a letter from my brother. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pardon

   A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction.Pardons can be granted in many countries when individuals are deemed to have demonstrated that they have "paid their debt to society", or are otherwise considered to be deserving of them. In some jurisdictions of some nations, accepting a pardon may implicitly constitute an admission of guilt; the offer is refused in some cases. Cases of wrongful conviction are in recent times more often dealt with by appeal rather than by pardon; however, a pardon is sometimes offered when innocence is undisputed in order to avoid the costs that are associated with a retrial. Clemency plays a critical role when capital punishment exists in a jurisdiction. Pardons are sometimes seen as a mechanism for combating corruption, allowing a particular authority to circumvent a flawed judicial process to free someone who is seen as wrongly convicted. Pardons can also be a source of controversy. In extreme cases, some pardons may be seen as acts of corruption by officials in the form of granting effective immunity as political favors.

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1. pardon

   A pardon is an official act by a person in authority, mainly the head of a state, such as a president or monarch, or a religious authority, granting forgiveness or clemity for a crime and absolving the individual from further punishment. This act may nullify the penalties associated with the crime, restore civil rights, and effectively wipe the crime from their record, as though it had never been committed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pardonverb

   the act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution

2. Pardonverb

   an official warrant of remission of penalty

3. Pardonverb

   the state of being forgiven

4. Pardonverb

   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

5. Pardonverb

   to absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender

6. Pardonverb

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

7. Pardonverb

   to refrain from exacting as a penalty

8. Pardonverb

   to give leave (of departure) to

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pardon

   A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the cancellation of the relevant penalty; it is usually granted by a head of state or by acts of a parliament or a religious authority. Clemency means the forgiveness of a crime or the cancellation of the penalty associated with it. It is a general concept that encompasses several related procedures: pardoning, commutation, remission and reprieves. Commutation or remission is the lessening of a penalty without forgiveness for the crime; the beneficiary is still considered guilty of the offense. A reprieve is the temporary postponement of punishment, often with a view to a pardon or other review of the sentence. Today, pardons are granted in many countries when individuals have demonstrated that they have fulfilled their debt to society, or are otherwise considered to be deserving. Pardons are sometimes offered to persons who are wrongfully convicted or claim they have been wrongfully convicted. Some believe accepting such a pardon implicitly constitutes an admission of guilt as a pardon does not set aside the conviction, so in some cases the offer is refused. Cases of wrongful conviction are nowadays more often dealt with by appeal than by pardon however, a pardon is sometimes offered when innocence is undisputed to avoid the costs of a retrial. Clemency plays a very important role when capital punishment is applied.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pardon

   pär′don, v.t. to forgive, said either of an offender or of a crime: to pass by without punishment or blame: to set free from punishment: to let off without doing something.—n. forgiveness, either of an offender or of his offence: remission of a penalty or punishment: a warrant declaring a pardon: a papal indulgence.—adj. Par′donable, that may be pardoned: excusable.—n. Par′donableness.—adv. Par′donably.—n. Par′doner, one who pardons: formerly, one licensed to sell papal indulgences.—p.adj. Par′doning, disposed to pardon: forgiving: exercising the right or power to pardon: conferring authority to grant pardon.—Pardon me, excuse me—used in apology and to soften a contradiction. [Fr. pardonner—Low L. perdonāre—L. per, through, away, donāre, to give.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pardon

   The gazetted amnesty or remission of penalty for deserters who return to their duty; the same as act of grace.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pardon

   The act of to forgive.

   The Presidential pardon was just for these gentlemen as they were reflecting the collective at that time.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 26, 2019  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PARDON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pardon is ranked #20996 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Pardon surname appeared 1,253 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pardon.
   
   79% or 990 total occurrences were White.
   11.9% or 150 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   5.5% or 70 total occurrences were Black.
   1.7% or 22 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.2% or 16 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.4% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Forgive
   • Law
   • Warrant

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Pardon' in Written Corpus Frequency: #726

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Pardon' in Nouns Frequency: #2090

How to pronounce Pardon?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pardon in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Pardon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Pardon in a Sentence

1. Saint Francis of Assisi:

   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.

2. Friedrich Nietzsche:

   If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn.

3. Richard Primus:

   I think it’s pretty clear that there’s a right answer, and that answer is self-pardon should not be regarded as valid. A power to self-pardon would violate the basic rule-of-law principle that no person should be allowed to adjudicate his own case.

4. Publilius Syrus:

   Pardon one offense, and you encourage the commission of many.

5. Carl Sandburg:

   History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to bet on. History is a box of tricks with a lost key. History is a labyrinth of doors with sliding panels, a book of ciphers with the code in a cave of the Saragossa sea. History says, if it pleases, Excuse me, I beg your pardon, it will never happen again if I can help it.

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