pardoning

/P AA1 R D AH0 N IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To forgive (a person).

  2. 2

    To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

  3. 3

    To grant an official pardon for a crime.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which somebody is pardoned.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pardon, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pardoning