Pardon vs Abolition - What's the difference?
pardon | abolition |
Forgiveness for an offence.
* 1748 : Samuel Richardson, Clarissa
(legal) An 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.
* 1974 : President Gerald Ford, Proclamation 4311
To forgive.
* 1599 : (William Shakespeare),
* 1815 : (Jane Austen), (Emma)
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To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
* Shakespeare
(legal) To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt.
* 1900', , ' (The House Behind the Cedars) , Chapter I,
The act of abolishing]], or the state of being abolished; an [[annul, annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition'' of slavery or the slave trade; the ''abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
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As nouns the difference between pardon and abolition
is that pardon is pardon while abolition is the act of abolishing]], or the state of being abolished; an [[annul|annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition'' of slavery or the slave trade; the ''abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc .pardon
English
Noun
(en noun)- a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends;
- I... have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States ...
Derived terms
* I beg your pardonVerb
(en verb)- O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
- I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned , in consideration of the motive.
- I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
- The murderer, he recalled, had been tried and sentenced to imprisonment for life, but was pardoned by a merciful governor after serving a year of his sentence.
Derived terms
* pardonable * pardoner * pardon me * pardon my French * unpardonableInterjection
- Pardon? , What did you say?, Can you say that again?