pardon
English
/ˈpɑɹ.dən/, /ˈpɑːdən/, /ˈpɑɹ.dn̩/
noun
Definitions
- Forgiveness for an offence.
- (legal) 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pardonen derived from Old French pardoner derived from Latin *perdonare.
Origin
Latin
*perdonare
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Pardongate English
- pardonee English
- pardoner English
- pardonest English
- pardoneth English
- pardonless English
- *perdonare Latin
- *perdonō Latin
- per- Latin
- perdonare Italian
- pardonnable French
- pardonner French
- *fragebaną Proto-Germanic
- forgiefendlic Old English
- forġiefan Old English
- foryiven Middle English
- forȝiven Middle English
- pardonen Middle English
- pardún Irish
- pardoner Old French
- nepardonebla Esperanto
- nepardoneble Esperanto
- pardonebla Esperanto
- pardoneble Esperanto
- pardoni Esperanto
- pardono Esperanto
- senpardona Esperanto
- fargeban Old High German
- pardonar Ido
- vergeben Middle High German
- perdõar Old Portuguese
- pardonné Louisiana Creole French