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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)

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