PARDON, PARDONED, PARDONING
ADJECTIVES
► ABSOLVATORY pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal → 1611
► IGNOSCIBLE fit to be forgiven or pardoned; tolerable → 1656 obs.
► OFF THE HOOK out of trouble, freed from a difficult situation, pardoned, released → 1950s sl.
► PARDONOUS abounding in pardon → 1610 obs.
NOUNS
► ANNIE OAKLEY a pardon or discharge certificate given to a convict → 1940s US criminals’ sl.
► PARDONANCE pardoning; a pardon → 1413 obs.
► REMITMENT remission, pardon → 1611
► SHEEPSKIN a pardon or discharge certificate → 1931 US prison sl.
► SIRREVERENCE a request for a pardon for an offensive statement → 14C Brit.
► VENY pardon or forgiveness; a request for this; the gesture of kneeling or prostrating oneself as in indication of penitence and desire for pardon → a1225 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► PARDONEE a person who is pardoned → 1895
VERBS
► I-MILCE to have mercy upon; to pardon → c1000 obs.
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