pardons

/หˆpษ‘ษน.dษ™nz/

IPA: /P AA1 R D AH0 N Z/

noun
  1. 1

    Forgiveness for an offence.

  2. 2

    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.

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.

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