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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
pardon
/ˈpɑɹ.dən/
verb1 of 3
to excuse
- “The judge pardoned the prisoner a year of his sentence.”Tatoeba
- “I pardoned my friend for his poor manners.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 3
Forgiveness for an offence.
interjection3 of 3
Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)