English Dictionary

pardon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɑːdən/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To forgive (a person). / (transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty. / (transitive, law) To grant an official pardon for a crime.

日本語の意味

（人を）赦す / 罰を科さない、または軽減する / （犯罪に対して）公式に赦免する

Although it was difficult, she decided to pardon her brother for his betrayal.

難しかったが、彼女は兄の裏切りを許すことにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To forgive (a person).

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

意味（2）

(transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.

意味（3）

(transitive, law) To grant an official pardon for a crime.

The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

pardons （ present singular third-person ）

pardoning （ participle present ）

pardoned （ participle past ）

pardoned （ past ）