Definitions
1.nounForgiveness for an offence.
2.nounAn order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
3.verbTo forgive (a person).
4.verbTo refrain from exacting as a penalty.
5.verbTo grant an official pardon for a crime.