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FREE PARDON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does free pardon mean?
• FREE PARDON (noun)
The noun FREE PARDON has 1 sense:
1. the formal act of liberating someone
Familiarity information: FREE PARDON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The formal act of liberating someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("free pardon" is a kind of...):
clemency; mercifulness; mercy (leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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