pardon (n.)
- absolution
- acquittal
- acquittance
- allow
- allowance
- amnesty
- benevolence
- clear
- clearance
- clearing
- clemency
- commiseration
- compassion
- condolence
- condonation
- discharge
- dismissal
- exculpation
- excuse
- exempt
- exemption
- exoneration
- favor
- feeling
- forbear
- forbearance
- forgiveness
- free
- grace
- humanity
- immunity
- indemnification
- indemnity
- indulgence
- justification
- kindness
- leniency
- melt
- mercy
- mitigation
- overlook
- pathos
- pity
- purgation
- purge
- purging
- quarter
- quietus
- quittance
- redemption
- release
- relief
- remission
- remit
- reprieve
- ruth
- self-pity
- shrift
- spare
- sympathy
- thaw
- vindication
- whitewash
pardon (v.)
We pardon in the degree that we love.
The man that hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves, by thumping on your back,
His sense of your great merit,
Is such a friend that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it.
My vigour relents,—I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.
Forgiveness to the injured does belong;
But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
