LekhoriLekhoriForgiveness for an offence.
[…] a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends; […]
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.
The President[…]shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
To forgive (a person).
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.
From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdonare, from per- + donare, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by...
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To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
To grant an official pardon for a crime.
The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.