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pardon

/pahr-dn/US // ˈpɑr dn //UK // (ˈpɑːdən) //

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n.名词 noun
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    • : kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience: I beg your pardon, but which way is Spruce Street?
    • : 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.
    • : forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
    • : Obsolete. a papal indulgence.
v.有主动词 verb
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    • : to make courteous allowance for or to excuse: Pardon me, madam.
    • : to release from liability for an offense.
    • : to remit the penalty of: The governor will not pardon your crime.
interj.感叹词 interjection
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    Synonyms & Antonyms

    nounforgiveness
    Forms: pardoned
    verbforgive
    Forms: pardoned

    Examples

    • “It’s our system that allows the president to exercise his pardon power,” he said.

    • Despite key testimony against him, Dwyer professed his innocence, even seeking a pardon from then-president Ronald Reagan.

    • As Ron Nehring, the former chairman of the Republican Party in San Diego and California put it, he did not deserve a pardon.

    • She was later acquitted of crimes against humanity and in 2018 received a presidential pardon.

    • That question may or may not arise, but it’s one that calls for legal analysis about what the scope of the pardon power is.

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

    • We won an unprecedented pardon from then-President Karzai, and Gulnaz was freed.

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

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

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

    • When the father had finished, he stabbed his wife, telling her to repent of her sins and to confess to God who would pardon her.

    • If your Majesty will accept mine, you will pardon me for being longer in the answer than was the question.

    • I am very much obliged for your continued favours, and beg pardon for so often troubling you.

    • If one man injures another, the prerogative of pardon should belong to the injured man.

    • The dust in the curtains, if you will pardon me for hinting such a thing, has parched my throat to a crisp.

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