pardon

armahdus, rangaistuksen anteeksianto

armahtaa

antaa anteeksi forgiveness Forgiveness for an offence.
1748: Samuel Richardson, Clarissa

a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends;

I... have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States ...

O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive.

I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.

The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.

Pardon?, What did you say?, Can you say that again?