pardoning

ADJECTIVE

easy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flexible soft

WEAK

accommodating amenable benign biddable charitable clement compassionate compliant condoning deceivable deludable dupable easygoing excusing exploitable fleeceable forbearing forgiving gentle gullible humoring indulgent kindly lax lenient liberal light merciful mild moderate mollycoddling naive pampering spoiling submissive susceptible sympathetic temperate tractable trusting unburdensome unoppressive unsuspicious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

rigid stern unyielding

WEAK

demanding intolerant oppressive strict unpermissive

ADJECTIVE

lenient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

benign compassionate compliant forgiving indulgent sympathetic tolerant

WEAK

allowing amiable assuaging assuasive being big benignant charitable clement complaisant condoning easy easygoing emollient excusing favoring forbearing gentle going easy on good-natured humoring kind kindly letting live with loving merciful mild mollycoddling obliging pampering permitting soft soft-shell softhearted sparing spoiling tender yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hateful merciless

WEAK

hard intolerant limiting restrictive rigorous severe

ADJECTIVE

merciful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

charitable compassionate forgiving gracious humane humanitarian kindly lenient

WEAK

all heart beneficent benign benignant bleeding heart clement condoning easygoing feeling forbearing generous gentle heart in right place indulgent liberal mild pitiful pitying soft softhearted sympathetic tender tenderhearted tolerant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cruel hard harsh hateful inhumane mean merciless severe uncompassionate ungiving unkind unsympathetic

WEAK

unforgiving unmerciful

NOUN

freeing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loosening

STRONG

clearing deliverance delivery discharging disentangling extrication liberation loosing manumission releasing reprieve rescuing restoration salvation saving unbinding unchaining unlocking untying

WEAK

granting freedom setting free unfettering

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One of Barnett’s previous clients was Alice Marie Johnson, a great-grandmother serving a life sentence for a first-time federal drug offense; Trump commuted her sentence in 2018 before fully pardoning her in 2020.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

In the closing weeks of his presidency, Biden loosed his pardoning pen.

From Salon • Jan. 22, 2025

A recent Associated Press survey indicated only two in 10 Americans approve of pardoning most of those involved.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Gerald Ford is best remembered not for his administration’s fight against inflation or for signing campaign finance reforms but for pardoning his predecessor, Richard Nixon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

“Seeing as your boy is so young, and El Jefe has been pardoning most minors . . .” He swilled his drink around so the ice tinkled against the glass.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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