See also: Pardon and pardön

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdonare, from per- + donare, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (to forgive, give up completely), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (to forgive), Old English forġiefan (to forgive). More at forgive.

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pardon (countable and uncountable, plural pardons)

  1. Forgiveness for an offence.
  2. (law) An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
    • 1974, President Gerald Ford, Proclamation 4311:
      I [] have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States []
    • 2001, Olson, Barbara, “The Final Frenzy: Finishing Touches on the Legend”, in The Final Days: The Last, Desperate Abuses of Power by the Clinton White House[1] (Politics/Current Affairs), Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:
      But the president's most irreversible, almost God-like power is the authority granted to him under Article II, Section 2, of the United States Constitution, "to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses Against the United States. . . ."
      The power is absolute-even a serial killer could be pardoned-and utterly unreviewable. It cannot be rescinded by the next president. The president may grant a pardon before a trial, after a trial, or without a trial. Once granted, a pardon can never be taken away.

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VerbEdit

pardon (third-person singular simple present pardons, present participle pardoning, simple past and past participle pardoned)

  1. (transitive) To forgive (a person).
    • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
      O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
    • 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], Emma: [], volume (please specify |volume=I, II or III), London: [] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC:
      I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
  2. (transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
  3. (transitive, law) To grant an official pardon for a crime.

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InterjectionEdit

pardon?

  1. Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.

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CzechEdit

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pardon

  1. sorry, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon, I apologize
    Synonyms: omlouvám se, promiňte, promiň, sorry, soráč

Further readingEdit

  • pardon in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pardon in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French pardon.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /pɑrˈdɔn/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: par‧don
  • Rhymes: -ɔn

InterjectionEdit

pardon

  1. I'm sorry, pardon

DescendantsEdit

  • Negerhollands: pardon, bardon
  • Saramaccan: padón

NounEdit

pardon n (plural pardons)

  1. (law) pardon, clemency

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Deverbal from pardonner.

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pardon

  1. excuse me
  2. sorry

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NounEdit

pardon m (plural pardons)

  1. pardon, forgiveness

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HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French pardon, primarily via German Pardon.[1]

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɒrdon]
  • Hyphenation: par‧don
  • Rhymes: -on

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pardon

  1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!
    Synonym: bocsánat

NounEdit

pardon

  1. (dated, law) pardon
    Synonym: kegyelem

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pardon pardonok
accusative pardont pardonokat
dative pardonnak pardonoknak
instrumental pardonnal pardonokkal
causal-final pardonért pardonokért
translative pardonná pardonokká
terminative pardonig pardonokig
essive-formal pardonként pardonokként
essive-modal
inessive pardonban pardonokban
superessive pardonon pardonokon
adessive pardonnál pardonoknál
illative pardonba pardonokba
sublative pardonra pardonokra
allative pardonhoz pardonokhoz
elative pardonból pardonokból
delative pardonról pardonokról
ablative pardontól pardonoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pardoné pardonoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pardonéi pardonokéi
Possessive forms of pardon
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pardonom pardonjaim
2nd person sing. pardonod pardonjaid
3rd person sing. pardonja pardonjai
1st person plural pardonunk pardonjaink
2nd person plural pardonotok pardonjaitok
3rd person plural pardonjuk pardonjaik

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ pardon in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / ELKH Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further readingEdit

  • pardon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French pardon.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.dɔn/, /parˈdɔw̃/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ardɔn
  • Syllabification: par‧don

NounEdit

pardon m inan

  1. (dated) pardon, forgiveness
    Synonyms: przebaczenie, wybaczenie

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adjective
adverb
noun
verb

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pardon

  1. (colloquial) sorry, excuse me, I beg your pardon
    Synonym: przepraszam

Further readingEdit

  • pardon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pardon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French pardon.

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pardon

  1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!

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pardon n (uncountable)

  1. (dated) pardon, pardoning, forgiveness, excuse

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pardon c

  1. (usually negated) mercy
    utan pardonwithout mercy

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Ottoman Turkish پاردون(pardon), from French pardon.

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InterjectionEdit

pardon

  1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!