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The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or
of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment;
absolution. |
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An official warrant of remission of penalty. |
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The state of being forgiven. |
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A release, by a sovereign, or officer having
jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished
from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a
particular line of past offenses. |
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To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the
punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender. |
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To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without
punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses. |
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To refrain from exacting as a penalty. |
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To give leave (of departure) to. |