Definitions for pardon

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pardon par·don

Spelling: [pahr-dn]

IPA: /ˈpɑr dn/

Pardon is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 126 anagrams from letters in pardon (adnopr).

Definitions for pardon

noun

1. kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience:
2. Law. a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor. the document by which such remission is declared.
3. forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
4. Obsolete. a papal indulgence.

interjection

1. (used, with rising inflection, as an elliptical form of I beg your pardon, as when asking a speaker to repeat something not clearly heard or understood.)

verb (used with object)

1. to make courteous allowance for or to excuse:
2. to release (a person) from liability for an offense.
3. to remit the penalty of (an offense):

Origin of pardon

1250-1300; Middle English (noun and v.) Old French pardon (noun) remission, indulgence, noun derivative of pardoner (v.) Medieval Latin perdōnāre to remit, overlook, literally, to forgive, eq

Examples for pardon

“There aren't any steaks involved, pardon the pun,” says Chin.

I beg your pardon, miss, but will you allow me to make one remark!

The incident with Tony Kornheiser, a pardon the Interruption talking head, serves to highlight the problem with ESPN.

"I beg your pardon—I meant to the professionals," interrupted Hester.

I beg your pardon, dear Madam, and your patience with me on such an occasion as this.

And before you got off the beams, Andrew, the governor of this State will have signed a pardon for you.

She begged his pardon, but could those really be the boys names?

For all our sins, may the Force that makes forgiveness possible forgive us, pardon us, and make atonement possible.

Wahlberg filed his petition for a pardon to the governor of Massachusetts on November 26.

The government should be asking the relatives of Alan Turing to pardon them for treating him so appallingly!