Pardons synonyms and antonyms

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excuses
To serve as justification for:
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spares
To save or free (a person) from something
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vindicates
To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.
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tolerates
To not interfere with; allow; permit
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shrives
(Intransitive or reflexive) To confess, and receive absolution.
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reprieves
To reprieve is to provide temporary or permanent relief from punishment.
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remits
To send (money) in payment
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releases
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
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overlooks
To pretend not to have noticed, especially a mistake; to pass over without censure or punishment.
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liberates
To free; to release from restraint or bondage; to set at liberty; to manumit; to disengage.
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graces
(Music) To embellish with grace notes.
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frees
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
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exempts
To free from a rule or obligation which applies to others; excuse; release
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exculpates
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
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condones
To forgive, pardon, or overlook (an offense)
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commutes
To substitute (payment in a lump sum) for payment in installments
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clears
Free (separate) from others
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acquits
(Followed by “of”, formerly by “from”) To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge.
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absolves
To pronounce free from guilt or blame; acquit
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justifies
(Christian Theol.) To free from blame; declare guiltless; absolve
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springs
To release from a checked or inoperative position:
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discharges
(Electricity) To release (an accumulated charge).
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exonerates
To free from accusation or blame.
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amnesties
Amnesty International, a UK-based charity.
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clemencies
Forbearance, leniency, or mercy, as toward an offender or enemy
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leniencies
The quality of mercy or forgiveness, especially in the assignment of punishment as in a court case.
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remissions
Forgiveness; pardon.
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indulgences
(Roman Catholic Church) The remission of punishment still due, especially in purgatory, for a sin that has been sacramentally absolved.
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acquittals
In contract law, the release or discharge from a debt or other contractual obligation.
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exonerations
An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation
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damn (antonym)
(--- Theol.) To condemn to endless punishment
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chastises (antonym)
To punish, as for wrongdoing.
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ostracizes (antonym)
To ostracize is to deliberately exclude or leave someone out.
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punishes (antonym)
To inflict a penalty for (an offense).
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penalizes (antonym)
To impose a penalty on; specif., to subject to a handicap in a contest as penalty for the infraction of a rule
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condemns (antonym)
To adjudge someone guilty of a crime or to impose sentence, especially a severe penalty such as death or life imprisonment.
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blames (antonym)
(Usually followed by ""for"") To assert or consider that someone is the cause of something negative; to place blame, to attribute responsibility (for something negative or for doing something negative).
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sentences (antonym)
To impose a sentence on (a criminal defendant found guilty, for example).
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penalties (antonym)
(Soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.
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punishments (antonym)
A penalty imposed for wrongdoing:
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condemnations (antonym)
A cause for condemning
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retributions (antonym)
Punishment for evil done
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retaliations (antonym)
Violent response to an act of harm or perceived injustice.
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convictions (antonym)
(Law) The judgment of a jury or judge that a person is guilty of a crime as charged.
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mercies (related)
A blessing, something to be thankful for.
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kindnesses (related)
The definition of kindness is the act of being caring or warm in spirit.
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Pardons Sentence Examples

  • The governor's power to grant reprieves, commutations or pardons is unrestricted by any board of pardons, but he is required to report to the legislature each case in which he exercises such power.

  • Brown called upon the convicts in the penitentiary for aid, granting them pardons in return for their services.

  • Christians ought to be taught that he who gives to a poor man or lends to the needy does better than if he bought pardons.

  • He obtained sole command of the imperial armies, with the power of concluding treaties and of granting pardons, and he doubtless insisted on the withdrawal of the Edict of Restitution, although this is not absolutely certain; in brief, the only limits to his power were the limits to the strength of his army.

  • The general supervision and control of all these institutions is vested in the Board of Charities and Reform, consisting of the governor, the secretary of state, the treasurer, the auditor, and the superintendent of public instruction; the same officers also constitute the Board of Pardons.

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