pardon
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act of excusing a mistake or offense
Types & categories
- benignity hypernym
- condonation hyponym
- exculpation hyponym
Related & opposite
- pardon derivation
Sense 2 verb
accept an excuse for
Please excuse my dirty hands
Types & categories
- forgive hypernym
Related & opposite
- pardon derivation
- exculpation derivation
Sense 3 noun
a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
Types & categories
- warrant hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
grant a pardon to
Ford pardoned Nixon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- free pardon derivation
- pardon derivation
- pardoner derivation
- pardoner derivation
- law domain topic
Sense 5 noun
the formal act of liberating someone
Types & categories
- mercy hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardon |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | benignity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | condonation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exculpation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardon |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exculpation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | forgive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardon |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | amnesty |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | warrant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | free pardon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardon |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardoner |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardoner |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | forgive |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | amnesty |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pardon |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | amnesty |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mercy |