pardon

Nouns

  • (n) the act of excusing a mistake or offense forgiveness,
  • (n) a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense amnesty,
  • (n) the formal act of liberating someone free pardon, amnesty,

Verbs

  • (v) accept an excuse for
    • Please excuse my dirty hands
    excuse,
  • (v) grant a pardon to
    • Ford pardoned Nixon
    • The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President

Synonyms

excuse forgiveness amnesty free pardon

Words of close approximity

pardonable pardonably pardoner