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  • present participle of pardon.

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Pardoning one of society’s outsiders can require overcoming what Hamilton called “the dread of being accused of weakness or connivance.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2020

Pardoning and commutation decisions by governors are generally final and cannot be undone, said Rachel E. Barkow, a law professor at New York University who focuses on criminal justice.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2019

Pardoning Snowden, they say, would encourage other whistleblowers to step forward without fear.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2017

Pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey is one of them, and Mr. Obama will do just that on Wednesday.

From Washington Times • Nov. 22, 2016

Pardoning the pun, it must be criminal justice indeed that should condemn a work as a substitute for not being able to refute it.

From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Conway, Moncure Daniel




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