Meaning

2 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)Forgiveness for an offence.

    Vergebung, Verzeihung

    проще́ниеproščénije

    проще́нняproščénnja, ви́баченняvýbačennja, проба́ченняprobáčennja

  2. (countable, uncountable)An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.

    The President[…]shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.

    Begnadigung

    поми́лованиеpomílovanije

    поми́луванняpomýluvannja

More definitions
  • a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
  • the act of excusing a mistake or offense
  • the formal act of liberating someone

Examples

167 sentences

  1. Please pardon me for coming late.

    Перепрошую за запізнення. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, извините за опоздание. — Tonari

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  2. I beg your pardon?

    Перепрошую? — aandrusiak

    ruЧто, простите? — shanghainese

    deWie bitte? — Ramses

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  3. I beg your pardon.

    Перепрошую. — deniko

    ruПрошу прощения. — odexed

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  4. He asked for my pardon.

    Він попросив у мене пробачення. — deniko

    ruОн попросил у меня прощенья. — shanghainese

    deEr hat mich um Verzeihung gebeten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I was pardoned.

    Мене помилували. — deniko

    ruЯ был прощён. — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
forgiveness for an offence:
releasing order:
Русский
By meaning 2
forgiveness for an offence:
releasing order:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
forgiveness for an offence:
releasing order:

Origin

From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Lat

From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdōnāre, from per- + dōnāre, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.

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Forms

plural: pardons
Singularpardon
Pluralpardons

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
clemency
Close in meaning
  • a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense:amnesty
  • the act of excusing a mistake or offense:forgiveness
  • the formal act of liberating someone:amnestyfree pardon

Word family

4 related words
Derivedpardoneepardonlessprepardonself-pardon

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
parcelB1parchparchmentpareparentA1parentage

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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