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pardon verb trans. LME.
[Old French pardoner, perduner (mod. pardonner), from medieval Latin perdonare, from Latin per- (see PAR-1 + donare give.]
Refrain from exacting the due penalty for (an offence etc.); pass over (an offence or offender) without punishment or blame; duly authorize remission of the legal consequences of (a crime or conviction); forgive. LME.
D. Hume Her father would never have pardoned such obstinacy. E. Wilson The royalists..had all been pardoned and set free.
Refrain from exacting (a duty, debt, penalty, etc.). LME-M17.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
Make courteous allowance for, excuse, (a person, fact, or action). E16.
pardon me: I beg your pardon.
E. M. Forster Whether he droned trivialities..or sprang kisses on her..she could pardon him. A. S. Neill Compromise I can pardon, but not gush.