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free pardon

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌfree ˈpardon noun [countable] British English law  SCLthe official act of forgiving someone for a crime 特赦,赦免
Examples from the Corpus
free pardonNoah Claypole was given a free pardon for telling the police about Fagin.We gave her a free pardon, though, and she lives there freely, as merry as the rest of us.So why was a free pardon not granted?A free pardon should only be granted if moral as well as technical innocence can be established.
ˌfree ˈpardon nounChineseSyllable
forgiving someone act Corpus official the of crime for a


free pardon
ˌfree ˈpardon noun [countable] British English law
the official act of forgiving someone for a crime


free pardonBrE /ˌfriː ˈpɑːdn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌfriː ˈpɑːrdn/ 🔊 noun (BrE, law 法律) = pardon (1)