Pardon vs False - What's the difference?
pardon | false |
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,
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun pardon
is pardon.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.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?
false
English
Adjective
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