pardon

See also: Pardon and pardön

English

Etymology

From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Vulgar Latin *perdonare, from per- + donare, a loan-translation of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (to forgive, give up completely), from fir- + geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (to forgive), Old English forġiefan (to forgive). More at forgive.

Pronunciation

  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹ.dən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːdən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹ.dn̩/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dən

Noun

pardon (countable and uncountable, plural pardons)

  1. Forgiveness for an offence.
    • 1748: Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
      [] a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends; []
  2. (law) 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.
    • 1974: President Gerald Ford, Proclamation 4311
      I [] have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States []

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Verb

pardon (third-person singular simple present pardons, present participle pardoning, simple past and past participle pardoned)

  1. (transitive) To forgive (a person).
    • 1599: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
      O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
    • 1815: Jane Austen, Emma
      I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
      In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, [], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
  2. (transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
    • Shakespeare
      I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
  3. (transitive, law) To grant an official pardon for a crime.

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Interjection

pardon?

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

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Czech

Alternative forms

  • pardón

Interjection

pardon

  1. sorry, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon, I apologize

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Further reading

  • pardon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pardon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pardon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑrˈdɔn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: par‧don
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

Interjection

pardon

  1. I'm sorry, pardon

Noun

pardon n (plural pardons)

  1. (law) pardon, clemency

French

Etymology

Deverbal of pardonner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paʁ.dɔ̃/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Interjection

pardon

  1. excuse me
  2. sorry

Descendants

  • Bulgarian: пардон́ (pardoń, colloquial)
  • Czech: pardón (colloquial)

Noun

pardon m (plural pardons)

  1. pardon, forgiveness

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Hungarian

Etymology

From French pardon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /parˈdon/

Interjection

pardon

  1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!

Romanian

Etymology

From French pardon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /parˈdon/

Interjection

pardon

  1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!

Noun

pardon n (uncountable)

  1. (dated) pardon, pardoning, forgiveness, excuse

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Swedish

Noun

pardon c

  1. mercy

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pardon.

Interjection

pardon

  1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!
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