pardon

nouns

the act of excusing a mistake or offense
forgiveness, pardon
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
amnesty, pardon
the formal act of liberating someone
amnesty, free pardon, pardon

verbs

accept an excuse for
"Please excuse my dirty hands"
excuse, pardon
grant a pardon to
"Ford pardoned Nixon"; "The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President"
pardon
is derived from
pardoner
is derived from
pardoner
domain category
the collection of rules imposed by authority
"civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
jurisprudence, law
is a type of (narrower)
stop blaming or grant forgiveness
"I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday"
forgive