- pardon
- n1. clemency, indulgence, indulgency, indulging, lenience, leniency, lenity; forbearance, tolerance, allowance, permissiveness; mercifulness, mercy, grace, humanity, compassion; condonation, condoning, overlooking, disregarding.2. amnesty, reprieval, reprieving, remission, remitting; forgiveness, forgiving, excusal, excusing, pardoning, absolution, absolving, shriving; acquittal, acquittance, acquitting, exculpation, exculpating, clearance, clearing, exoneration, exonerating, vindication, vindicating.v3. remit, reprieve, amnesty, respite; forgive, absolve, shrive.4. release, free, set free, let go, liberate, emancipate, deliver; dismiss, let off, Inf. let off the hook, Inf. let out of, Law. discharge; acquit, exculpate, clear, clear one's name, prove or declare innocent, uphold innocence, pronounce or declare not guilty, remove guilt, free from blame; exonerate, vindicate, right.5. excuse, make allowances for, overlook, pass over, wink at; disregard, dispense with, forget, ignore, look the other way, pay no attention to.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.