Pardon

//ˈpɑːdn̩//

Synonyms for "pardon" (129 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (26)

amnesty excuse forgiveness absolution absolve accept acquit acquittal acquittance allow allowance benevolence clear clearance clearing clemency commiseration compassion compurgation condolence

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condonation condone decontaminate

Noun(2 words)

amnesty clemency

Verb(1 words)

amnesty

Strong matches (39)

destigmatization destigmatize destigmatizing discharge disculpation dismiss dismissal dispense from exculpate exculpation excusal excuse me exempt exempt from exemption exonerate exoneration favor feeling forbear

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forbearance forgive forgiving free give absolution give quarter grace grant amnesty to grant forgiveness grant immunity grant remission have mercy upon have pity how's that again

Intj(1 words)

Verb(1 words)

excuse

Noun(2 words)

forgiveness free pardon

Phrase(1 words)

how's that

Related words (64)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

7 entries

benignity clemency forgive kindness mercifulness mercy warrant

Synonyms

6 entries

amnesty excuse excuse me forgiveness huh what

capable of

1 entries

free convict of prison

derived

20 entries

I beg your pardon Pardongate Paschal pardon beg pardon beg someone's pardon begging your pardon pardon me pardon mon français pardon my French pardon the expression pardonable pardonee pardoner pardonless pardonmonger prepardon

Showing 16 of 20 words.

etymologically related_to

1 entries

forgive

has context

2 entries

law legal

is a

2 entries

forgiving warrant

manner of

1 entries

forgive

related to

13 entries

convict crime criminal criminal record excuse excuse me forgive forgiveness offence order release remove unguilt

Translations

230 translations across 68 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

falje noun (releasing order)

Arabic

4 entries

عَفْواً! intj (interjection, request to repeat)
مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ intj (interjection, request to repeat)
مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟ intj (interjection, request to repeat)
إِبْرَاء noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Armenian

2 entries

ներում noun (forgiveness for an offence)
ներում noun (releasing order)

Azerbaijani

3 entries

əfv noun (forgiveness for an offence)
əfv noun (releasing order)
əfv etmək verb (to grant an official pardon)

Belarusian

4 entries

дарава́нне noun (forgiveness for an offence)
дарава́ньне noun (forgiveness for an offence)
памі́лаванне noun (releasing order)
памі́лаваньне noun (releasing order)

Bulgarian

4 entries

моля? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
амнистия noun (releasing order)
опроще́ние noun (forgiveness for an offence)
поми́лване noun (releasing order)

Catalan

4 entries

perdó intj (interjection, request to repeat)
indult noun (releasing order)
perdó noun (forgiveness for an offence)
perdó noun (releasing order)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

赦免 noun (releasing order)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

什么 intj (interjection, request to repeat)
什麼 /什么 intj (interjection, request to repeat)
請再說一遍 /请再说一遍 intj (interjection, request to repeat)
原諒 /原谅 noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Czech

3 entries

prosím? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
milost noun (releasing order)
odpuštění noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Danish

4 entries

hvad intj (interjection, request to repeat)
hvadbehager intj (interjection, request to repeat)
undskyld mig intj (interjection, request to repeat)
benådning noun (releasing order)

Dutch

4 entries

excuseer? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
pardon? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
sorry? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
pardon noun (releasing order)

Esperanto

2 entries

pardono noun (forgiveness for an offence)
amnestii verb (to grant an official pardon)

Estonian

1 entries

armuandmine noun (releasing order)

Finnish

4 entries

anteeksi kuinka? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
anteeksi? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
mitä? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
anteeksianto noun (forgiveness for an offence)

French

4 entries

comment? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
désolé intj (interjection, request to repeat)
excuse-moi intj (interjection, request to repeat)
excusez-moi intj (interjection, request to repeat)

Galician

2 entries

indulto noun (forgiveness for an offence)
indultar verb (to grant an official pardon)

Georgian

4 entries

ბატონო? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
უკაცრავად? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
პატიება noun (forgiveness for an offence)
შეწყალება noun (releasing order)

German

4 entries

pardon? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
was? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
wie bitte? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
wie? intj (interjection, request to repeat)

Greek

4 entries

συγγνώμη; intj (interjection, request to repeat)
αμνηστία noun (forgiveness for an offence)
αμνηστεία noun (releasing order)
χάρη noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Greenlandic

1 entries

qanoq? intj (interjection, request to repeat)

Hebrew

4 entries

סְלִיחָה intj (interjection, request to repeat)
חֲנִינָה noun (releasing order)
מְחִילָה noun (forgiveness for an offence)
סְלִיחָה noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Hindi

2 entries

क्षमादान noun (releasing order)
माफ़ी noun (releasing order)

Hungarian

2 entries

bocsánat noun (forgiveness for an offence)
kegyelem noun (releasing order)

Icelandic

3 entries

ha? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
hvað sagðirðu? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
náðun noun (releasing order)

Indonesian

1 entries

grasi noun (releasing order)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

عَفْو noun (releasing order)

Irish

1 entries

pardún noun (releasing order)

Italian

3 entries

come intj (interjection, request to repeat)
grazia noun (releasing order)
perdono noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Japanese

4 entries

え? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
はい? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
何? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
勘弁 noun (releasing order)

Kazakh

2 entries

кешірім noun (forgiveness for an offence)
кешірім noun (releasing order)

Khmer

1 entries

និទ្ទោសកម្ម noun (releasing order)

Korean

4 entries

네? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
사면 noun (releasing order)
용서 noun (forgiveness for an offence)
은사 noun (releasing order)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кечирим noun (releasing order)

Lao

1 entries

ອະໄພໂທດ noun (releasing order)

Latvian

1 entries

žēlastība noun (releasing order)

Lithuanian

1 entries

malonė noun (releasing order)

Macedonian

4 entries

ка́ко? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
мо́лам? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
што? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
амне́стија noun (releasing order)

Malay

1 entries

pengampunan noun (releasing order)

Manx

1 entries

maihnys noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Mongolian

1 entries

өршөөл noun (releasing order)

Māori

1 entries

murunga noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

efû noun (releasing order)

Norwegian

1 entries

benåde verb (to grant an official pardon)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

benådning noun (releasing order)
tilgivelse noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Occitan

1 entries

graciar verb (to grant an official pardon)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

عفو noun (releasing order)

Pashto

1 entries

عفو noun (releasing order)

Persian

3 entries

ببخشید intj (interjection, request to repeat)
معذرت میخواهم intj (interjection, request to repeat)
عفو کردن verb (to grant an official pardon)

Polish

4 entries

proszę intj (interjection, request to repeat)
darowanie noun (forgiveness for an offence)
przebaczenie noun (forgiveness for an offence)
ułaskawienie noun (releasing order)

Portuguese

4 entries

como? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
perdão? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
absolvição noun (releasing order)
indulto noun (releasing order)

Punic

1 entries

𐤍𐤔𐤀 verb (to grant an official pardon)

Romanian

4 entries

pardon intj (interjection, request to repeat)
poftim intj (interjection, request to repeat)
grațiere noun (releasing order)
grația verb (to grant an official pardon)

Russian

4 entries

прошу́ проще́ния intj (interjection, request to repeat)
что вы сказа́ли? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
что? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
поми́лование noun (releasing order)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

pomilovánje noun (releasing order)
помилова́ње noun (releasing order)

Slovak

2 entries

milosť noun (releasing order)
odpustenie noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Slovene

1 entries

pomilostitev noun (releasing order)

Spanish

4 entries

¿ah? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
¿cómo? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
¿eh? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
¿mande? intj (interjection, request to repeat)

Swahili

1 entries

masamaha noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Swedish

4 entries

förlåt? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
ursäkta? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
va? intj (interjection, request to repeat)
amnesti noun (releasing order)

Tajik

2 entries

афв noun (releasing order)
муофӣ noun (releasing order)

Thai

2 entries

อภัยโทษ noun (releasing order)
อภัยโทษ verb (to grant an official pardon)

Turkish

2 entries

af noun (releasing order)
pardon noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́бачення noun (forgiveness for an offence)
дарува́ння noun (forgiveness for an offence)
поми́лування noun (releasing order)
проба́чення noun (forgiveness for an offence)

Urdu

2 entries

عَفْو noun (releasing order)
مُعَافی noun (releasing order)

Uyghur

1 entries

كەچۈرۈم noun (releasing order)

Uzbek

3 entries

afv noun (releasing order)
afv etish noun (releasing order)
kechirim noun (releasing order)

Vietnamese

1 entries

xá tội noun (releasing order)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I beg your pardon?

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Pardon me?

Source: tatoeba (31477)

I beg your pardon; I didn't quite catch your name.

Source: tatoeba (31507)

Why not apologize and ask for his pardon?

Source: tatoeba (38656)

Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.

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