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• n  the act of excusing a mistake or offense
• n  a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
• n  the formal act of liberating someone
• v  accept an excuse for
• v  grant a pardon to
  Ford pardoned Nixon
  The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President

• President Bush issued another round of pardons yesterday, including a rare posthumous one for a man convicted of selling B-17s in 1948 to Jewish resistance fighters in Israel.
• Picking up the conversation from our earlier thread: President Bush issued 14 pardons and commuted two sentences yesterday.
• PTI's list of the most notorious presidential pardons.

• forgiveness
• amnesty
• free pardon
• excuse

News & Articles

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• 'Pardon Edward Snowden' petition seeks White House response
  By Deborah Zabarenko WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A petition to pardon Edward Snowden, who has acknowledged leaking secret documents from the U.S. National Security Agency, had attracted more than 30,000 electronic signatures by Monday evening, one day after it was posted on the White House website. "Edward Snowden is a national hero and should be immediately issued a full, free and absolute pardon ...
  June 11, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• 'Pardon Snowden' petition seeks WH response
  A petition to pardon Edward Snowden, who has acknowledged leaking secret documents from the U.S. National Security Agency, attracted more than 22,000 electronic signatures by Monday afternoon, one day after it was posted on the White House website.
  June 10, 2013 - MSNBC
• No pardon for former Peru leader
  Imprisoned former Peruvian leader Alberto Fujimori won't receive a pardon because the nation's president determined that he does not have a terminal illness, officials said Friday.
  June 10, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Dana Perino in CNN
  Based on information that has subsequently come to light, the president has directed the [Justice Department's] pardon attorney not to execute and deliver a grant of clemency to Mr. Toussie,White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said in a...
• Harry Reid in USA Today
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the president "must pledge not to pardon Libby for his criminal conduct."
• Rudy Giuliani in International Herald Tribune
  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a former prosecutor, said the sentence was excessive, which "argues in favor of a pardon."