free pardonnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌfriː ˈpɑː.dən/us/ˌfriː ˈpɑːr.dən/UK specialized US pardonan occasion when someone who has committed a crime is officially forgiven:
The new government is to grant a free pardon to all political prisoners.
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not punishing & reducing punishment
- absolve
- amnesty
- clemency
- commutation
- commute
- diplomatic immunity
- discharge
- get away with murder idiom
- hook
- impunity
- let
- let sb off
- off the hook idiom
- pardon
- parole
- remission
- remit
- reprieve
- spare
- unpunished
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