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Definition of pardon : 1. A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.
2. An official warrant of remission of penalty.
3. The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.
4. The state of being forgiven.
5. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; - applied to the offender.
6. To give leave ( of departure) to.
7. To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
8. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; - applied to offenses.

Synonyms:

rationalise, explain, grace, condemnation, justify, beg off, punishment, free pardon, remission, freeing, indulgence, forgive and forget, let off, set free, rationalize, apologise, leniency

forbearance, clemency, mercy, forgiveness, kindness, toleration, conciliation, exoneration, vindication

exception, liberty, permission, concession, freedom, waiver, release, discharge, amnesty, license, stay, dismissal, excuse, absolution, dispensation, relief, privilege, reprieve, immunity, exemption

avenge, apologize, refute, mitigate

apology, mitigation, refutation, exculpation, acquittal

except, permit, relieve, exempt, dispel

remit, overlook, show mercy, tolerate, forget, relent, forbear, condone

defray, acquit, liberate, exculpate, free, exonerate, clear, forgive, dismiss, absolve, vindicate

Usage examples:

• Was- pardon me- was your father himself at the time? - "Kent Knowles: Quahaug", Joseph C. Lincoln.
• I beg your pardon, Mr. Mate, for not recognising you sooner. - "Jack Tier or The Florida Reef", James Fenimore Cooper.
• You will pardon me, will you not, lovely Maximina? - "Maximina", Armando Palacio Valdés.