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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pardon \Par"don\, n. [F., fr pardonner to pardon. See {Pardon}, v. t.] 1. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution. Pardon, my lord, for me and for my tidings. --Shak. But infinite in pardon was my judge. --Milton. Usage: Used in expressing courteous denial or contradiction; as I crave your pardon; or in indicating that one has not understood another; as I beg pardon. 2. An official warrant of remission of penalty. Sign me a present pardon for my brother. --Shak. 3. The state of being forgiven. --South. 4. (Law) 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. Syn: Forgiveness; remission. See {Forgiveness}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pardon \Par"don\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pardoned}; p. pr & vb n. {Pardoning}.] [Either fr pardon, n., or from F. pardonner, LL perdonare L. per through thoroughly, perfectly + donare to give to present. See {Par-}, and {Donation}.] 1. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender. In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant. --2 Kings v. 18. I pray you pardon me pray heartily, pardom me --Shak. 2. To remit the penalty of to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses. I pray thee, pardon my sin. --1 S??. xv 25. Apollo, pardon My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle ? --Shak. 3. To refrain from exacting as a penalty. I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it --Shak. 4. To give leave (of departure) to [Obs.] Even now about it! I will pardon you --Shak. {Pardon me}, forgive me excuse me -- a phrase used also to express courteous denial or contradiction. Syn: To forgive; absolve; excuse; overlook; remit; acquit. See {Excuse}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pardon \Pardon\, remission \remission\ Usage: {Forgiveness}, {Pardon}. Forgiveness is Anglo-Saxon, and pardon Norman French, both implying a giving back The word pardon, being early used in our Bible, has in religious matters, the same sense as forgiveness; but in the language of common life there is a difference between them such as we often find between corresponding Anglo-Saxon and Norman words Forgive points to inward feeling, and suppose alienated affection; when we ask forgiveness, we primarily seek the removal of anger. Pardon looks more to outward things or consequences, and is often applied to trifling matters, as when we beg pardon for interrupting a man, or for jostling him in a crowd. The civil magistrate also grants a pardon, and not forgiveness. The two words are therefore, very clearly distinguished from each other in most cases which relate to the common concerns of life. Forgiver \For*giv"er\, n. One who forgives. --Johnson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pardon n 1: the act of excusing a mistake or offense [syn: {forgiveness}] 2: a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense [syn: {amnesty}] 3: the formal act of liberating someone [syn: {amnesty}, {free pardon}] v 1: accept an excuse for "Please excuse my dirty hands" [syn: {excuse}] 2: grant a pardon to "Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President" From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Pardon the forgiveness of sins granted freely (Isa. 43:25), readily (Neh. 9:17; Ps 86:5), abundantly (Isa. 55:7; Rom. 5:20). Pardon is an act of a sovereign, in pure sovereignty, granting simply a remission of the penalty due to sin, but securing neither honour nor reward to the pardoned. Justification (q.v.), on the other hand, is the act of a judge, and not of a sovereign, and includes pardon and at the same time, a title to all the rewards and blessings promised in the covenant of life. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PARDON, v. To remit a penalty and restore to the life of crime. To add to the lure of crime the temptation of ingratitude.
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