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pardon
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[ verb ] grant a pardon to
Examples "Ford pardoned Nixon" "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President" Used in print (The Philadelphia Inquirer,...)The military also had demanded pledges that there would be no changes in the laws passed by the junta and no leaders of the Menderes regime now in prison would be pardoned . (Chicago Daily Tribune,...)Mrs._Blanche_Dunkel , 60 , who has spent 25 years in the Dwight reformatory for women for the murder in 1935 of her son-in-law , Ervin_Lang , then 28 , appealed for a parole at a hearing yesterday before two Illinois pardon and parole board_members , John_M._Bookwalter and Joseph_Carpentier . |
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[ verb ] accept an excuse for
Synonyms Examples "Please excuse my dirty hands" Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)`` Please pardon me again , Sandalphon '' , said Hal . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the act of excusing a mistake or offense
Synonyms Used in print (Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)`` A_thousand pardons '' , said Hal . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 19507
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[ noun ] (law) the formal act of liberating someone
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