free pardon
noun [C usually singular] UK (US pardon) legalDefinition
› an occasion when someone who has committed a crime is officially forgiven: The new government is to grant a free pardon to all political prisoners. → Compare royal pardonNot punishing and reducing punishment
(Definition of free pardon noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- absolve verb
- amnesty noun
- clemency noun (KINDNESS)
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