pardon

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a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
the formal act of liberating someone
accept an excuse for
the act of excusing a mistake or offense
grant a pardon to
The act of pardoning
An official warrant of remission of penalty
The state of being forgiven
A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime
To remit the penalty of
To refrain from exacting as a penalty
To give leave (of departure) to

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