Pardon vs. Reprieve
Pardonnoun
Forgiveness for an offence.
Pardonnoun
(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.
Pardonverb
(transitive) To forgive.
Pardonverb
(transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
Pardonverb
To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt.
Pardoninterjection
Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.
Pardonnoun
The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
Pardonnoun
An official warrant of remission of penalty.
Pardonnoun
The state of being forgiven.
Pardonnoun
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.
Pardonverb
To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; - applied to the offender.
Pardonverb
To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; - applied to offenses.
Pardonverb
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
Pardonverb
To give leave (of departure) to.
Pardonnoun
the act of excusing a mistake or offense
Pardonnoun
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
Pardonnoun
the formal act of liberating someone
Pardonverb
accept an excuse for;
Pardonverb
grant a pardon to;
Pardonnoun
the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence
Pardonnoun
a cancellation of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction
Pardonnoun
an indulgence, as widely sold in medieval Europe.
Pardonverb
forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence)
Pardonverb
release (an offender) from the legal consequences of an offence or conviction, and often implicitly from blame
Pardonverb
used to indicate that someone is justified in doing or thinking a particular thing given the circumstances
Pardoninterjection
a request to a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it
Pardon
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.
Reprieveverb
(transitive) To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone, especially an execution.
Reprieveverb
(transitive) To bring relief to someone.
Reprieveverb
To take back to prison (in lieu of execution).
Reprievenoun
The cancellation or postponement of a punishment.
Reprievenoun
A document authorizing such an action.
Reprievenoun
Relief from pain etc., especially temporary.
Reprieveverb
To delay the punishment of; to suspend the execution of sentence on; to give a respite to; to respite; as, to reprieve a criminal for thirty days.
Reprieveverb
To relieve for a time, or temporarily.
Reprievenoun
A temporary suspension of the execution of a sentence, especially of a sentence of death.
Reprievenoun
Interval of ease or relief; respite.
Reprievenoun
a (temporary) relief from harm or discomfort
Reprievenoun
an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Reprievenoun
a warrant granting postponement (usually to postpone the execution of the death sentence)
Reprievenoun
the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
Reprieveverb
postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution
Reprieveverb
relieve temporarily
