pardonn.1int.
/ˈpɑːdn/, U.S. /ˈpɑrd(ə)n/ 1. † b. A document granting a pardon or indulgence. Obsolete.
a. Roman Catholic Church. Remission of the punishment still due after the sacramental absolution of a sin; an indulgence (indulgence n. 3a). Also in days (also years) of pardon, indicating the extent of the remission. Now historical and rare.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > indulgentiary
pardonc1300
indulgence1362
patentc1400
manuary1537
indulgency1670
c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 2421 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 176 (MED) Þe pope ȝaf alle pardon þat þudere wolden gon.
c1400 (a1376) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Trin. Cambr. R.3.14) (1960) A. ii. 184 (MED) Pardoners..ȝaf pardoun [v.r. pardones] for panis poundmel aboute.
a1425 Symbols of Passion (Royal) l. 205 in R. Morris Legends Holy Rood (1871) 195 (MED) Wat man..For his sinnus sori and schereuen be, Þre ȝer of pardon is þe summe Of sent petrus grant.
?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 331 (MED) Þis bischop of Rome..stireþ men bi grete perdon to breke opynly Goddis hestis.
c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 146 Yf ȝe wyll putt yowr nose in hys wyffys sokett, Ȝe xall haue forty days of pardon.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 17 I gyue to hem alle pardon of her penance and relece alle theyr synnes.
1533 J. Gau in tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay To Rdr. sig. Aivv Sa mony thousand ȝeris, of pardone pouers, and remissione of sine and payne.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. iv Lamenting that the ignoraunt people should be so far abused as to put the whole trust of their saluation in pardons.
1565 J. Jewel tr. Pope Clement V in Replie Hardinges Answeare xxi. 616 For the first Euensonge, Matins, Masse, and Later euensonge, Prime, and Houres, for euery of these times a hundred daies of pardon.
1610 G. Marcelline Triumphs King James 94 Thy Pardons are too pardonous, and thy Indulgences haue too much indulgence.
1664 Bp. J. Taylor Disswasive from Popery ii. iii. 86 In the Church of Sancta Maria de Popolo there are for every day in the year, two thousand and eight hundred years of pardon, besides fourteen thousand and fourteen Carentanes.
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 312 The Papists..who..for the obtaining of pardon, &c. have appointed Penances and Pilgrimages, and Self-scourgings, and Soul-masses.
1720 J. Giles Hist. Acct. Lives Eng. Poets 68 Whoso Prayed for the Soul of John Gower, so oft as he did it, should have a M. and D. (1500.) Days of Pardon.
1726 J. Boys Expos. 39 Art. 146 Pardons or Indulgences, which are promis'd to those that visit such a Saint or Chapel.
1796 V. Green Hist. & Antiq. Worcester I. iii. 30 The superstitious mention it [sc. the charter] makes of the number fifty, the number of the years of pardon.
1840 tr. J. H. Merle d'Aubigné Hist. Reformation in Eng. (ed. 3) I. 268 The penitent was himself to drop the price of his pardon into the chest.
1860 B. Scott Contents & Teachings Catacombs Rome (ed. 2) iv. 118 Pope Sixtus, in consideration of a prayer to be devoutly repeated before the image of the Virgin, granted 11,000 years of pardon.
1901 E. Hoskins tr. Horæ B. Mariæ Virg. 125 The pope John the xxii..hath granted unto all them that devoutly say this prayer..v thousand days of pardon.
1997 A. Winston-Allen Stories of Rose v. 130 Who could know how many years of pardon a person (or one's friends) might really need.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > remission of something due
remissiona1382
releasea1387
pardonc1387
relaxation1440
pardoningc1443
loosing1495
general discharge1565
absolute discharge1572
remitter1726
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > indulgentiary > document conveying
pardonc1387
c1387–95 G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. 687 A vernycle hadde he..His walet..Bret ful of pardoun comen from Rome al hoot.
c1390 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 920 I haue relikes and pardon in my male As faire as any man in Engelond.
1444–6 in H. E. Salter Churchwardens' Accts. St. Michael's Oxf. (1933) 43 (MED) Recevyde at the chirche dorre for pardon, x d.
1542 H. Brinkelow Lamentacion sig. Ciii Their pardons and other of their trompery hath bene bought and sold in lombard streate.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 492 Then might ye see..Indulgences, Dispenses, Pardons, Bulls, The sport of Winds. View more context for this quotation
c. A church festival, usually that of a local patron saint, at which indulgences are granted. Also in extended use: any local religious festival. Now historical and rare.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > [noun] > of saint > patron saint
pardon1477
patron day1491
pattern1745
patron1841
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 The Iubylee & pardon [e] ..at the holy Appostle Seynt Iames in Spayne.
1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 27 The procession of couentre The pardon of syon Shall be at the begynnyng of august.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 339 [The king] passit to Sanctandrois..and thair remanit quhill the Michallmas perdoun.
1840 T. A. Trollope Summer in Brittany II. 300 Many of these are situated in villages where Pardons are held.
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany v. 62 To-day was the village ‘Pardon’, and the whole population were assembled in the church to celebrate it.
1957 E. E. Evans Irish Folk Ways (1967) xviii. 253 With the coming of Christianity the traditional gatherings at sacred sites were transmuted into patterns (pardons), at which the new religion was quickened by practices of the elder faiths.
2. Theology. The forgiveness of a sin or sins.
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > give absolution [verb (transitive)] > absolve a sin
shrive1303
pardonc1390
remit1457
absolve1537
c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2963 He is wel worthy to haue pardoun and foryifnesse of his synne that excuseth nat his synne but knowelecheth and repenteth hym.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 11002 (MED) Crist..broght vs al pardun.
a1425 (?c1350) Ywain & Gawain (1964) 857 (MED) Lowd sho cried to God almyght, ‘Of his sins do hym pardowne.’
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iii. iv. 100 Bot, with offerandis and eik devote prayer, Thai wald we suld perdoun and pece requier.
1557 Earl of Surrey et al. Songes & Sonettes sig. R.iiiiv Vnto the liuyng Lord for pardon do I pray.
1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Dying (1703) iii. §6 89 Sickness..to all persons which are within the possibilities and state of pardon, it becomes a great instrument of pardon of sins.
1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xvi. 142 Our Saviour has made our pardoning the offences that others commit against us, the measure upon which we may expect pardon from God.
1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 20 A Pardon bought with Blood!
1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. 465 Pardon supposes law and sin.
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch III. lxi. 345 An eminent..member of a Calvinistic..church.., having had striking experience in conviction of sin and sense of pardon.
1931 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 125/1 You is hopin' for a pardon fum your sins.
1991 T. Dennis Lo & Behold! 75 Yet God's pardon does not mean we can put memories of the Flood out of our minds.
3. gen. The passing over of an offence without punishment; the overlooking or forgiveness of an offence or error and the treatment of the offender as if it had not been committed.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun]
forgivenessc900
givenessc1200
remission?c1225
veny?c1225
gracec1300
forgiftc1315
excusinga1340
absolutiona1393
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
pardonancec1475
forgivance1490
remit1490
oblivion1563
remitting1577
remittance1602
remitment1611
condonation1615
excuse1655
condonance1865
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [noun]
shrifta900
forgivenessc900
absolutionOE
veny?c1225
soilinga1300
lesenessc1300
remission?1316
indulgence1377
assoilingc1380
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
remit1490
remitting1577
remittal1596
remitment1611
absolvement1689
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. 2174 (MED) Thei..His grace scholden go to seche, And pardoun of the deth beseche.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 1168 (MED) I am ouertan wit sli treson Þat i agh not to haf pardon.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) v. l. 975 Pardown he ast off the repreiff befor.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iii. i. 173 Tomorrow you must die... Let me ask my sister pardon.
1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 44 Speake Her pardon or her sentence; onely breake Thy silence; speake.
1754 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) I. 275 [Robert] craved pardon for his offences, and offered to purchase forgiveness by any atonement.
1771 E. Griffith Hist. Lady Barton I. 267 I had many times thought of returning to Briançon, of throwing myself at my only surviving parent's feet, and of endeavouring to obtain her pardon.
1875 J. P. Hopps Princ. Relig. xv. 47 Pardon, or forgiveness, is an act or feeling which frees the wrong-doer from the resentment of an offended person, or from outward penalty.
1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 117 To invoke Pardon for great transgression.
1989 Atlantic Aug. 88/3 Johnson experienced a deep sense of ego gratification when the purse-proud aristocrats who had once scorned him now prostrated themselves before him as supplicants for pardon.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun]
leaveeOE
yleaveOE
willOE
grant?c1225
thaving?c1225
grantisea1300
licence1362
grace1389
pardona1425
libertyc1425
patiencec1425
permission1425
sufferingc1460
congee1477
legencea1500
withganga1500
favour1574
beleve1575
permittance1580
withgate1599
passage1622
sufferage1622
attolerance1676
sanction1738
permiss-
a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 403 Þes newe ordris..ȝeven perdone and leve to fiȝte, and fiȝten hemsilf and feynen þis bi Christis lawe.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts xxvi. 84 Thou haste pardon to speake for thy selfe.
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 45 I shal first asking you pardon, there-unto recount the occasion of my..returne. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. vi. 60 My Lord Marke Anthony..acquainted My greeued eare withall: whereon I begg'd His pardon for returne. View more context for this quotation
5. Law.
a. A formal remission, either free or conditional, of the legal consequences of a crime; an action on the part of the proper authority in a state, releasing an individual from the punishment imposed by sentence or that is due according to law.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [noun] > pardon
pardonc1425
remission1473
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. 6628 To þe ladies..þat for mercy to his grace calle, He graunted..A saufconduit and a fre pardoun.
c1484 (a1475) J. de Caritate tr. Secreta Secret. (Takamiya) (1977) 133 (MED) Þat day he was wunt..to delyuer prysonneris fro prison, grauntyng þem perdonnys.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xviii. 158 One..who sued for a pardon for one that was condemned for a robberie.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 69 I hope it is some pardon, or repreeue For the most gentle Claudio. View more context for this quotation
1681 S. Colvil Mock Poem ii. 23 If any tell them of a pardon,..Then hope triumphs, and fear doth vanish.
1686 Royal Proclam. 10 Mar. in London Gaz. No. 2120/2 Excepted and always foreprized out of this Our Pardon, all Treasons [etc.].
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) VI. liv. 373 The farmers and officers of the customs..were afterwards glad to compound for a pardon by paying a fine of 150,000 pounds.
1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra II. lxviii. 346 He might have flattered himself..with the hopes of a pardon.
1838 W. Bland New S. Wales 12 Convicts..became free, either by ticket, emancipation, pardon, or expiration of their..sentences.
1861 W. Westgarth Austral. 90 Criminals, after expiating some part of their sentence..received a pardon conditional on their not returning to England.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 757/2 Later on..he had to sue for and obtained pardon from King James II.
1992 Economist 8 Feb. 53/3 The pardon, it is said, was a quid pro quo for Iranian help in releasing French hostages from Lebanon.
b. A document conveying a legal pardon.
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > acquittal or clearing of accusation > [noun] > pardon > document conveying
chartera1300
pardona1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. iv. 152 Signe me a present pardon for my brother. View more context for this quotation
1660 S. Pepys Diary 7 Dec. (1970) I. 312 So to the Privy Seale, where I signed a deadly number of Pardons.
1811 Sydney Gaz. 19 Jan. 1/2 Those who have received Emancipations or Pardons will be required to produce them.
1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xxii. 231 The king sent him a full pardon for his past offences.
1974 Halsbury's Laws of Eng. VIII. 607 A pardon in respect of any offence, if granted by warrant under the royal sign manual, countersigned by the Secretary of State, has now the same effect as a pardon under the Great Seal.
a. Release or exemption from something due, as a debt, tax, or other payment. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > exemption from taxes
kirset14..
pardon1444
charter-exemption1775
tax exemption1927
1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 121/2 The Baillifs..have power..to rere the peyne or peynes of him or of hem so forfeted to the use of the seid Comunes..withouten eny pardon.
1449 Rolls of Parl. V. 146/2 If eny suche persone..accept or take eny pardon of you, of the said Subsidie.
1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 202/2 The Abbot and Covent..oweth to yow cccclv li..but for his discharge yerof he hath sued..your Letters of pardon under your grete Seale.
1461 Rolls of Parl. V. 492/1 Grauntes, Relesis, amenisshingez, and pardons of Feefermes..made and graunted by You..be good.
1536 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 42 §4 His mooste gracious pardonne and releasce of the said firste frutes and tenthe.
b. Remission of punishment; the granting of mercy. Obsolete. rare.
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the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy
milceeOE
mildheartnesseOE
oreOE
mildheartlaikc1175
mercya1225
misericordc1230
pitya1250
gracec1300
mildheadc1300
milcefulnessa1333
pietya1350
tree of mercyc1375
miserationa1382
mildc1390
piteousnessa1393
miltha1400
milthnessa1400
blithec1400
mercifulnessc1429
misericordy1479
mildfulness1489
clemence1490
clemency1553
pardon1555
pitifulness1555
milk of human kindnessa1616
mussy1823
mild-heartedness1849
1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions ii. viii. 176 Withoute pardon, they kille him, and make a feaste with him.
7.
a. The excusing of a minor error or something causing, or presumed to have caused, offence; courteous forbearance or indulgence; acquittance of blame. to beg (also ask) (a person's) pardon: to express polite apology, to ask forgiveness for an error. I beg your pardon (in direct speech): ‘Excuse me, I am sorry’; (also interrogatively, requesting repetition) ‘Excuse me, I did not catch what you said’; also used as a way of expressing dissent or contradiction.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > involving tolerance
pardon1548
mitigation1588
allowance1649
shading1817
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > tolerance or forbearance > of faults of others
charity1483
pardon1548
excuse1655
the mind > language > statement > dissent or disagreement > [phrase]
not so fasta1593
I beg your pardon1676
I (should) think not1847
that's what you think1934
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > misunderstand [phrase]
to take amissa1425
to walk wide in words1529
to have (also take, catch) the wrong pig by the ear (also tail)1536
to be out of the story1649
to be at cross-purposes1688
I beg your pardon1806
to lose track of1894
to get (someone) wrong1927
to speak past ——1952
to lose the thread1956
1548 W. Forrest Pleasaunt Poesye 408 in T. Starkey Eng. in Reign King Henry VIII (1878) i. p. xcvi Perdon I haue askte for my symplenes.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. Mv Therefore I ought craue pardon, till I there haue beene.
1607 T. Middleton Michaelmas Terme ii. sig. D3 Yet vnder both your pardons I'de rather haue a Cittizen.
1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 145 Noe youth can be comely, but by pardon, & by considering the youth, as to make vpp the comlinesse.
a1639 H. Wotton Surv. Educ. in Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1672) Ep. Ded. A slight Pamphlet, about the Elements of Architecture..hath been entertained with some pardon among my Friends.
1676 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer ii. i, in Dramatic Wks. (1840) (Rtldg.) 116/2 Captain, I beg your pardon: you will not make one at ombre?
1746 Duke of Richmond Let. 4 June in Corr. Dukes of Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 224 Begging the Duke's pardon I thinke Wentworth the most improper man in the world.
1782 H. Walpole Let. to G. Rose 18 Aug. in Wks. (1798) II. 389 He cannot have time to read complimentary letters. I fear, sir, I have taken up but too much of yours, for which I beg your pardon.
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vii. 155 Endeavouring in vain to hear a person's..question, addressed to you; and after repeatedly saying ‘I beg your pardon, Sir’,..still not hearing him.
1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass vii. 141 ‘I beg your pardon?’ said Alice. ‘It isn't respectable to beg,’ said the King. ‘I only meant that I didn't understand,’ said Alice.
1922 V. Woolf Jacob's Room ix. 163 Tore her chicken bones, asking Jacob's pardon, with her own hands.
1959 J. Berryman 77 Dream Songs iii. 79 Man's try began too long ago, with chirrs and leapings, begging pardon.
1989 S. Sucharitkul Moon Dance ii. iii. 183 Beggin' your pardon, ma'am, But I mean, an honest-to-goodness Oriental Pumpkintate!
b. colloquial. Also as int. Short for ‘I beg your pardon’ (now esp. interrogatively).
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > [interjection] > not hear
pardon1850
1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) iii. 53 Pardon, I am shamed That I must needs repeat for my excuse What looks so little graceful.
1898 G. B. Shaw Man of Destiny 161 Giuseppe (coming to the foot of the couch) Pardon. Your excellency is so unlike other great men.
1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 221 Knox... You sit there after carrying on with my daughter, and tell me coolly youre married... Duvallet. Pardon. Carrying on? What does that mean?
1930 A. P. Herbert Water Gipsies xiii. 178 To gain time she said ‘Pardon?’ and Mr. Baxter had to repeat his question.
1978 I. Murdoch Sea 211 ‘Did you destroy the letter?’ ‘Pardon?’ ‘Did you destroy the letter?’
1997 ‘Q’ Deadmeat 16 ‘Are you wired?’ ‘Pardon?’ ‘Are you connected to the Net?’ ‘Not yet.’
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea claiming land under gift special
pardonc1613
c1613 Plumpton Let. (1839) 91 Fech your pardon & my ladyes, & send them both.
c1613 Plumpton Let. (1839) 146 They have made search in the Escheker for the perdon that was pledet.
c1613 Plumpton Let. (1839) 147 I pled for your mastership x yere agoo a Perdon for Wolfe-hunt lands about Maunsefeild in Shirwood; by which plee ye clamed the land by fefement of my master, yore father.
1839 T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. 147 (note) Perdon, i.e. per donum, by which plea the land was claimed under a gift special.
Compounds
C1. † pardon bull n. Obsolete† pardon-monger n. Obsolete† pardon-office n. Obsolete† pardon-pedlar n. Obsolete
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society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > remission of penance > [noun] > bull conveying
pardon bull1556
1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 74 The pardon bulls which they offre to sell for large money to men.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > pardoner
quaestor1372
pardonerc1387
pardonister1402
pardon-monger1570
indulgentiary1577
quaestuary1615
indulgencer1647
pardon-pedlar1653
questman1691
questionary1820
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 971/2 The vnordinate outrage of those hys pardonmongers, whiche so excessiuely did pyll and pole the simple people.
1741 T. Betterton in G. Ogle Canterbury Tales 46 A Pardon-Monger last brought up the Rear, With Patriarchal face, and holy Leer.
1874–7 J. A. Wylie Hist. Protestantism (1899) 257 The whole population of the place..had come out to welcome the great pardon-monger.
ΚΠ
1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 209 Gods Faithfulness..is as it were that Pardon-office from whence we fetch our discharges.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > other clergy > [noun] > pardoner
quaestor1372
pardonerc1387
pardonister1402
pardon-monger1570
indulgentiary1577
quaestuary1615
indulgencer1647
pardon-pedlar1653
questman1691
questionary1820
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. i. 10 Porters and pardon-pedlars [Fr. pardonnaires].
C2. † pardon beads n. Obsolete consecrated beads the use of which was formerly associated with pardon from sin.† pardon-stall n. Obsolete rare a stall from which pardons were read, or confessions heard.
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society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > rosary > [noun] > with pardon or indulgence for sins attached
pardon beads1516
1516 Will of Rauffe Symson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/18) f. 61 A pair of pardon beades.
1522 E. Betts Let. in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 229 I sende you a payre of pardoun bedys of a Charterhouse called Beauvale.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. c ivv Pardon Beades, Tanthonie belles, Tauthrie laces, Rosaries, Collets.
pardon bell n. now historical and rare the angelus bell (so called from a former custom of granting indulgences to those who recited the angelus correctly on hearing it).
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society > faith > worship > canonical hours > other services > angelus > [noun] > bell indicating
Our Lady's bella1422
Our Lady bella1449
pardon bell1538
Lady bell1633
Angelus1737
Angelus bell1786
1538 N. Shaxton Iniunctions sig. Aiiiiv That the bell called the pardon or Ave bell,..be not hereafter in any parte of my diocesse ony more tollyd.
1872 H. T. Ellacombe Church Bells Devon 433 The Pardon Bell was silenced by Shaxton, Bishop of Sarum, in 1538.
pardon-chair n. rare a confessional.
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1904 N.E.D. at Pardon Pardon-chair.
pardon-screen n. rare a screen around or in front of a confessional.
ΚΠ
1904 N.E.D. at Pardon Pardon-screen.
ΚΠ
1877 F. G. Lee Gloss. Liturg. & Eccl. Terms (at cited word) Pardon-stall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
† pardonn.2
Obsolete. rare.
= pardon-wine n. at Compounds.
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine
nipa1588
palmetto wine1589
palm wine1598
sura1598
date wine1603
toddy?1611
tuba1704
pardon1705
pardon-wine1705
Palm1712
sagwire1792
itaa1832
tembo1850
tuak1852
palm-toddy1857
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 286 The third sort [of palm wine] is drawn at Ancober, Abokroe, Axim..and goes by the name of Pardon [Du. Pardon].
Compounds
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > raffia palms
pardon-tree1705
rofia1729
raphia palm1830
jupati1856
bamboo palm1866
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding intoxicating drink > [noun] > palm-wine plants
toddy tree1630
sagwire1681
wine-palm1681
pardon-tree1705
tomboa1712
eta palm1769
nipa1779
toddy palm1810
itaa1832
jaggery palm1859
ki1860
bamboo palm1866
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xvi. 288 The Pardon-Trees grow like the Coco-nuts, though on a much thinner Stalk.
1746 New Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. vii. 56/2 Nor are the Pardon-Trees wanting at Whidah: But the Negros preferring Beer to Wine, they are not much esteemed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > non-grape and home-made wines > [noun] > palm-wine
nipa1588
palmetto wine1589
palm wine1598
sura1598
date wine1603
toddy?1611
tuba1704
pardon1705
pardon-wine1705
Palm1712
sagwire1792
itaa1832
tembo1850
tuak1852
palm-toddy1857
1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xxi. 438 Their Drink Water, and Pardon-Wine [Du. Wijn Pardon].
1746 New Gen. Coll. Voy. & Trav. III. 95/1 The Negros here are very libidinous, which they ascribe to their Pardon-Wine, and good Eating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
pardonv.
/ˈpɑːdn/, U.S. /ˈpɑrd(ə)n/ 1. transitive. To refrain from exacting or imposing (something due, esp. a debt, fine, etc.); to remit formally (a punishment or penalty for an offence). Sometimes with the offender as indirect object. Now rare (chiefly historical).
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > be exempt from (a liability or obligation) [verb (transitive)] > remit (an obligation)
quitc1300
remit1405
pardon1433
to dispense with1530
dispense1532
mitigate1651
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > forgive [verb (transitive)]
pardon1433
remiss1443
apardon1535
reprieve1591
1433 Rolls of Parl. IV. 478/1 The Bailliffs..abbregge ne pardon no maner of dute that longeth to the seid Cominalte..upon the peyne of double of the dute by hem so pardoned.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 84 (MED) Abbesse of Godestowe..remytted and pardoned to Emme..all the arreragis of theire rente.
?a1500 (a1471) Brut (Lyell) in J. S. Davies Eng. Chron. (1856) 10 (MED) The kyng pardoneth the thy drawyng and hankyng, but thyn hed shalle be smyte of atte tourhille.
1547 S. Gardiner Let. Sept. (1933) 376 I am by nature all redy condempned to dye, whiche sentence no man can pardon.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 371 I pardon thee thy life before thou aske it. View more context for this quotation
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxv. 156 Who had their lives pardoned on condition to cleanse the citie.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 75 The King cannot pardon nor release the repairing of a Bridge or Highway, or any such like publike charges.
1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxvi. 269 His life was pardoned; notwithstanding he was abjured the realm.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia IV. vii. viii. 105 She pardoned many debts, and distributed money, food, and cloathing to the poor.
1993 Dict. National Biogr.: Missing Persons at E. Menahem Debts pardoned by the Crown in favour of the abbey of Stratford.
2.
a. transitive. To refrain from exacting due penalty from (a person); to release formally from a duty, punishment, or legal sentence; to forgive (a sinner or offender).
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a1450 Generides (Pierpont Morgan) (1865) 3239 He pardoned [Generides]..thoo Of al the wrathe betwix hem twoo.
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope ii. x I praye the that thow wylt pardonne me of thoffense that I have done to the.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxiv. 266 I holde you quyt..& pardon you of all myn yll wyll.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings v. 18 In this thing the Lord pardon thy seruant. View more context for this quotation
1705 Boston News-let. 29 Jan. 2/2 (advt.) If the said Milburn will Voluntarily come in and Surrender himself to the next Justice of the Peace, in order to return to his Obedience, he shall be pardoned his Crime.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela (1824) I. 103 Pardon you! said he, What! when you don't repent?
1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 82 Pardon me, and kill me not, and so may God pardon thee.
1864 A. Trollope Can you forgive Her? I. iii. 19 She had pardoned him as a man, though never as a lover.
1940 E. Wilson To Finland Station ii. i. 78 The royalists of the Vendémiaire conspiracy had all been pardoned and set free.
1991 B. V. Harris in PL 387 If a person is pardoned, or has his or her conviction quashed after a reference to the Court of Appeal..the Home Secretary may be obliged..to pay compensation.
b. transitive. To pass over or refrain from exacting due penalty for (an offence, error, etc.); to remit formally the legal consequences of (a crime); to forgive (a sin or offence). Sometimes with the offender as indirect object.Frequently used in legal and theological language as a more formal term than forgive.
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c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 72 (MED) Mekenesse sheweth theimselfe to theim that be fallen in misery..ouer suche as he hathe lordeshipp and powre to punyshe and to forgeue, whiche miseries for to pardon and to aswage the grete grevis.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) i. 47 Pardone theym the dethe of your sone.
1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 24 §1 No personne..shall have any power..to pardon or remitte any tresons..or any kyndes of felonnyes what so ever they be..but that the Kinges Highnesse..shall have the hole and sole power and auctoritie therof.
1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife v. iii, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) IX. 90 On my knee I beg Your angry soul will pardon me her death.
1611 Bible (King James) Exod. xxiii. 21 Provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions. View more context for this quotation
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. cxvi. 251 Pardon the By-steps that my Soul has trod.
1759 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) V. xliv. 418 Her father would never have pardoned so much obstinacy.
1861 J. A. Alexander Gospel Jesus Christ xxvii. 369 God pardons nothing or He pardons all.
1979 W. Styron Sophie's Choice xiv. 416 His abuse of her was plainly either forgotten or completely pardoned.
1994 Harper's Mag. (Nexis) July 6 The eulogists absolved Nixon of his sins and pardoned his crimes because he had worked so hard to commit them.
3. intransitive. To grant pardon or forgiveness.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > grant forgiveness [verb (intransitive)]
pardon?c1450
to make odds even?a1513
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 139 (MED) This good holy preest counsailed this woman to foryeue..her neygheboure, but for no amonestement..she wolde not pardone, she was so full of yre.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lv. 7 Hee will abundantly pardon . View more context for this quotation
1649 E. Reynolds Israels Prayer (new ed.) v. 12 He multiplyeth to pardon.
1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. i. 125 Perhaps, with added Sacrifice and Pray'r, The Priest may pardon.
1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iii. 35 That's all my eye. The King only can pardon.
1816 J. Austen Emma liv I hope time as not made you less willing to pardon.
1982 F. Raphael Byron 108 To understand is not necessarily to pardon.
4.
a. transitive. To excuse (a person); formerly esp. in regard to release from some task or duty. pardon me = I beg your pardon at pardon n.1 7a.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > treat gently [verb (transitive)] > be tolerant of > the faults of
excusec1400
pardon1509
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1928) xx. 98 To pardone me of my rude wrytyng.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1714/2 Her graces Cooke aunswered: my Lord, I wyl neuer suffer any straunger to come... He [sc. Ld. Chamberlain] sayde they should. But the Cooke said his lordship should pardon him for that matter.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 116 Beat. Will you not tell me who tolde you so? Bened. No, you shall pardon me . View more context for this quotation
1678 A. Behn Sir Patient Fancy iii. ii. 40 For my sake, Dear, Pardon him this one time.
1764 S. Foote Patron iii. 72 My hand! what, to a poet hooted, hissed, and exploded! You must pardon me, Sir.
1795 A. Seward Lett. (1811) IV. 81 Pardon me from dwelling so long on this sad theme.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 46 Men who had been so long..oppressed might have been pardoned if they had eagerly seized the first opportunity of obtaining..revenge.
1908 H. James Portrait of Lady (rev. ed.) I. ix. 109 Ah, pardon me if I say I don't exactly believe that.
1934 R. Graves I, Claudius xxiv. 350 I was living in the apple's core, so to speak, and I can be pardoned if I write more about the central canker than about the still unblemished and fragrant outer part.
1992 G. Vanderhaeghe Things as they Are? 222 When the man suddenly spoke to him, Greer started violently. Pardon me? he said, confused.
b. transitive. To excuse courteously or make allowance for (a minor error, or something causing, or presumed to have caused, offence).
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > treat gently [verb (transitive)] > be tolerant of > to (faults)
pardon1526
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aiiv I beseche you to pardon my boldnesse.
1605 G. Chapman Al Fooles in Plays (1873) I. 136 Ladie, youle pardon our grosse bringing up?
1648 in S. R. Gardiner Hamilton Papers (1880) 194 Pardon my impatience.
1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. (1812) VI. 405 You will be pleased to pardon my infirmity.
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess ii. 39 My needful seeming harshness, pardon it.
1956 M. Dickens Angel in Corner i. 10 Angels are funny people—if you'll pardon the liberty.
1988 M. Spark Far Cry from Kensington x. 119 If you'll pardon my saying so you look ten years younger than the last time I saw you.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > consecration > perform consecration [verb (transitive)] > beads
pardon1524
1524 Will of R. Hallay (Somerset Ho.) Beads &c. pardoned at Sion.
1563 T. Becon Reliques of Rome (rev. ed.) f. 186v To all good christen people disposed to say our Ladyes psaulter..on any of these beades, the whiche bene pardoned at ye holy place of Shene, shal haue ten thousand yeares of pardon.
Derivatives
ˈpardoned adj.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective] > forgiven
pardoned1547
forgiven1548
remitted1580
unresented1681
1547 Certain Serm. or Homilies sig. Diiiiv All thynges whiche they had, were called holy, holy coules, holy gyrdles, holy pardoned beades.
c1613 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 51 The first gift that my lady of Syon gave to me was a par of Jeneper beads pardonet.
1837 Minutes of Evid. Rep. Select Comm. Transportation 13 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 518) XIX. 1 The pardoned convict or the free convict enjoys all the political rights of the free emigrants..from the date of the governor's pardon.
1994 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 Aug. 9 Pardoned murderer Paddy Meehan had no money when he died.
ˈpardoning n. and adj.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > remission of something due
remissiona1382
releasea1387
pardonc1387
relaxation1440
pardoningc1443
loosing1495
general discharge1565
absolute discharge1572
remitter1726
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun]
forgivenessc900
givenessc1200
remission?c1225
veny?c1225
gracec1300
forgiftc1315
excusinga1340
absolutiona1393
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
pardonancec1475
forgivance1490
remit1490
oblivion1563
remitting1577
remittance1602
remitment1611
condonation1615
excuse1655
condonance1865
society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > absolution > [noun]
shrifta900
forgivenessc900
absolutionOE
veny?c1225
soilinga1300
lesenessc1300
remission?1316
indulgence1377
assoilingc1380
pardona1393
veynea1425
pardoningc1443
remit1490
remitting1577
remittal1596
remitment1611
absolvement1689
society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [adjective]
remissive1592
acquitting1638
pardoning1645
forgiving1690
condonative1840
c1443 R. Pecock Reule of Crysten Religioun (1927) 410 (MED) Man..deserueþ help and grace of þee in þis world to worche vertues and to wiþstonde temptaciouns and to forbere synnes and to haue pardonyng of synnes.
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin viii. 429 You shall merite with all peoples and nations the onely name of pityfull, iust, and pardoning.
1645 J. Arrowsmith Englands Eben-ezer 15 If we desire to have the Lord cover our sins by his pardoning grace, wee must discover them in humble acknowledgments.
1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xii. lxxxi. 360 With much squeezing, and pardoning, and thank-you-ing, the two succeeded in effecting a retreat.
1896 Academy 12 Dec. 520/1 Reformers..whose essential integrity of intention wins for them at last a pardoning respect.
1972 Evangelical Q. 44 241 These activities compose the ratio cognoscendi of the pardoning grace of God.
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