Acquit vs. Pardon

(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.

Example: ‘The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge.’;

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

Example: ‘The soldier acquitted herself well in battle.’; ‘The orator acquitted himself very poorly.’;

(reflexive) To clear oneself.

past participle of acquit.

To release, to rescue, to set free.

To pay for; to atone for.

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.

Example: ‘A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.’;

To pay for; to atone for.

To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; - now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.

To clear one's self.

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

Example: ‘The suspect was cleared of the murder charges’;

behave in a certain manner;

Example: ‘She carried herself well’; ‘he bore himself with dignity’; ‘They conducted themselves well during these difficult times’;

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.

(transitive) To forgive.

(transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt.

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

Example: ‘Pardon?, What did you say?, Can you say that again?’;

The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

Example: ‘Pardon, my lord, for me and for my tidings.’; ‘But infinite in pardon was my judge.’;

An official warrant of remission of penalty.

Example: ‘Sign me a present pardon for my brother.’;

The state of being forgiven.

A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amnesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.

To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; - applied to the offender.

Example: ‘In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant.’; ‘I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardon me.’;

To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; - applied to offenses.

Example: ‘I pray thee, pardon my sin.’; ‘Apollo, pardonMy great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle!’;

To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

Example: ‘I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.’;

To give leave (of departure) to.

Example: ‘Even now about it! I will pardon you.’;

the act of excusing a mistake or offense

a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

the formal act of liberating someone

accept an excuse for;

Example: ‘Please excuse my dirty hands’;

grant a pardon to;

Example: ‘Ford pardoned Nixon’; ‘The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President’;

the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence

Example: ‘he obtained pardon for his sins’;

a cancellation of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction

Example: ‘he offered a full pardon to five convicted men’;

an indulgence, as widely sold in medieval Europe.

forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence)

Example: ‘I know Catherine will pardon me’;

release (an offender) from the legal consequences of an offence or conviction, and often implicitly from blame

Example: ‘he was pardoned for his treason’;

used to indicate that someone is justified in doing or thinking a particular thing given the circumstances

Example: ‘one can be pardoned the suspicion that some of his errors were deliberate’;

a request to a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it

Example: ‘‘Pardon?’ I said, cupping a hand to my ear’;

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction.Pardons can be granted in many countries when individuals are deemed to have demonstrated that they have , or are otherwise considered to be deserving of them.

Example: ‘paid their debt to society’;