pardon
- pardon
- [[t]pɑ͟ː(r)d(ə)n[/t]]
pardons, pardoning, pardoned
1) CONVENTION (formulae) You say `Pardon?' or `I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, `Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it. [SPOKEN]
`Will you let me open it?' - `Pardon?' - `Can I open it?'...
`Does it have wires coming out of it?' - `Pardon me?' - `Does it have wires coming out of it?'
2) CONVENTION (feelings) People say `I beg your pardon?' when they are surprised or offended by something that someone has just said. [SPOKEN]
`Would you get undressed, please?' - `I beg your pardon?' - `Will you get undressed?'
3) CONVENTION (formulae) You say `I beg your pardon' or `I do beg your pardon' as a way of apologizing for accidentally doing something wrong, such as disturbing someone or making a mistake. [SPOKEN]
I was impolite and I do beg your pardon...
`We're meant to do it quarterly actually.' - `Oh quarterly, I beg your pardon, I thought it was monthly.'
4) CONVENTION (formulae) Some people say `Pardon me' instead of `Excuse me' when they want to politely get someone's attention or interrupt them. [mainly BRIT, SPOKEN]
Pardon me, are you finished, madam?
5) CONVENTION (politeness) You can say things like `Pardon me for asking' or `Pardon my frankness' as a way of showing you understand that what you are going to say may sound rude. [SPOKEN]
That, if you'll pardon my saying so, is neither here nor there.
6) CONVENTION (formulae) Some people say things like `If you'll pardon the expression' or `Pardon my French' just before or after saying something which they think might offend people. [SPOKEN]
It's enough to make you wet yourself, if you'll pardon the expression.
7)
VERB: usu
passive If someone who has been found guilty of a crime
is pardoned, they are officially allowed to go free and are not punished.
[be V-ed] Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
N-COUNT
Pardon is also a noun.
They lobbied the government on his behalf and he was granted a presidential pardon.
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pardon — [ pardɔ̃ ] n. m. • v. 1135; de pardonner 1 ♦ Action de pardonner. ⇒ absolution, amnistie, grâce, indulgence, miséricorde, rémission. Demander pardon, son pardon. Demander pardon à qqn d avoir fait qqch. Je vous en demande humblement pardon.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
pardon — par·don n 1: a release from the legal penalties of an offense 2: an official warrant of remission of penalty as an act of clemency compare commute 3: excuse or forgiveness for a fault or offense pardon vt … Law dictionary
pardon — PARDÓN interj., s.n. 1. interj. Iertaţi mă! scuzaţi! ♦ (Ca protest) Ba nu (e aşa)! să avem iertare! 2. s.n. (înv.) Absolvire, scutire (de o pedeapsă sau de o obligaţie); iertare: scuză. – Din germ. Pardon, fr. pardon. Trimis de valeriu,… … Dicționar Român
Pardon — Par don, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pardoned} (p[aum]r d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pardoning}.] [Either fr. pardon, n., or from F. pardonner, LL. perdonare; L. per through, thoroughly, perfectly + donare to give, to present. See {Par }, and {Donation}.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pardon me — Pardon Par don, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pardoned} (p[aum]r d nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Pardoning}.] [Either fr. pardon, n., or from F. pardonner, LL. perdonare; L. per through, thoroughly, perfectly + donare to give, to present. See {Par }, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pardon — Par don (p[aum]r d n), n. [F., fr. pardonner to pardon. See {Pardon}, v. t.] 1. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution. [1913 Webster] Pardon, my lord, for … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pardon Us — Theatrical poster for the 1944 re release Directed by James Parrott Produced by … Wikipedia
Pardon — (französisch für „Vergebung“, „Verzeihung“) bezeichnet: im militärischen Sprachgebrauch die Schonung des Lebens des Gegners, siehe Pardon (Militärjargon) eine satirische Zeitschrift, siehe pardon (Zeitschrift) eine in der Bretagne verbreitete… … Deutsch Wikipedia
pardon# — pardon n Pardon, amnesty, absolution in their legal and ecclesiastical senses mean a remission of penalty or punishment. Pardon, which is the comprehensive term, is often ambiguous; it denotes a release not from guilt but from the penalty imposed … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Pardon Me — Single par Incubus extrait de l’album Make Yourself Sortie 22 février 2000 Enregistrement Mai juin 1999 Los Angeles (Californie) Durée 3:44 Genre … Wikipédia en Français
Pardon — Smn erw. obs. (15. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. pardon m., einer postverbalen Ableitung von frz. pardonner verzeihen , dieses aus spl. perdonare vergeben (eigentlich gänzlich schenken ), zu l. dōnāre geben, schenken und l. per , zu l. dōnum … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
