pardon

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Forgiveness for an offence.

   “[…] a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends; […]”

2. isim 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.”

3. fiil To forgive (a person).

   “O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!”

4. fiil To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

   “I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.”

5. fiil To grant an official pardon for a crime.

   “The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.”

6. ünlem Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.