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par•don

Pronunciation: (pär'dn), [key]
—n.
1. 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?
2. Law.
a. a release from the penalty of an offense; a remission of penalty, as by a governor.
b. the document by which such remission is declared.
3. forgiveness of a serious offense or offender.
4. Obs.a papal indulgence.

—v.t.
1. to make courteous allowance for or to excuse: Pardon me, madam.
2. to release (a person) from liability for an offense.
3. to remit the penalty of (an offense): The governor will not pardon your crime.

—interj.
(used, with rising inflection, as an elliptical form of I beg your pardon, as when asking a speaker to repeat something not clearly heard or understood.)

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