Acquit vs. Pardon

Acquitverb

(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.

Pardonnoun

Forgiveness for an offence.

Acquitverb

(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.

Pardonnoun

(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.

Acquitverb

(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.

‘The jury acquitted the prisoner of the charge.’;

Pardonverb

(transitive) To forgive.

Acquitverb

(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.

‘The soldier acquitted herself well in battle.’; ‘The orator acquitted himself very poorly.’;

Pardonverb

(transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

Acquitverb

(reflexive) To clear oneself.

Pardonverb

To grant an official pardon for a crime; unguilt.

Acquitverb

past participle of acquit.

Pardoninterjection

Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.

‘Pardon?, What did you say?, Can you say that again?’;

Acquitverb

To release, to rescue, to set free.

Pardonnoun

The act of pardoning; forgiveness, as of an offender, or of an offense; release from penalty; remission of punishment; absolution.

‘Pardon, my lord, for me and for my tidings.’; ‘But infinite in pardon was my judge.’;

Acquitverb

To pay for; to atone for.

Pardonnoun

An official warrant of remission of penalty.

‘Sign me a present pardon for my brother.’;

Acquit

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

Pardonnoun

The state of being forgiven.

Acquitverb

To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite.

‘A responsibility that can never be absolutely acquitted.’;

Pardonnoun

A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amnesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses.

Acquitverb

To pay for; to atone for.

Pardonverb

To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; - applied to the offender.

‘In this thing the Lord pardon thy servant.’; ‘I pray you, pardon me; pray heartily, pardon me.’;

Acquitverb

To set free, release or discharge from an obligation, duty, liability, burden, or from an accusation or charge; - now followed by of before the charge, formerly by from; as, the jury acquitted the prisoner; we acquit a man of evil intentions.

Pardonverb

To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; - applied to offenses.

‘I pray thee, pardon my sin.’; ‘Apollo, pardonMy great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle!’;

Acquitverb

To clear one's self.

Pardonverb

To refrain from exacting as a penalty.

‘I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.’;

Acquitverb

pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;

‘The suspect was cleared of the murder charges’;

Pardonverb

To give leave (of departure) to.

‘Even now about it! I will pardon you.’;

Acquitverb

behave in a certain manner;

‘She carried herself well’; ‘he bore himself with dignity’; ‘They conducted themselves well during these difficult times’;

Pardonnoun

the act of excusing a mistake or offense

Pardonnoun

a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense

Pardonnoun

the formal act of liberating someone

Pardonverb

accept an excuse for;

‘Please excuse my dirty hands’;

Pardonverb

grant a pardon to;

‘Ford pardoned Nixon’; ‘The Thanksgiving turkey was pardoned by the President’;

Pardonnoun

the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence

‘he obtained pardon for his sins’;

Pardonnoun

a cancellation of the legal consequences of an offence or conviction

‘he offered a full pardon to five convicted men’;

Pardonnoun

an indulgence, as widely sold in medieval Europe.

Pardonverb

forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence)

‘I know Catherine will pardon me’;

Pardonverb

release (an offender) from the legal consequences of an offence or conviction, and often implicitly from blame

‘he was pardoned for his treason’;

Pardonverb

used to indicate that someone is justified in doing or thinking a particular thing given the circumstances

‘one can be pardoned the suspicion that some of his errors were deliberate’;

Pardoninterjection

a request to a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it

‘‘Pardon?’ I said, cupping a hand to my ear’;

Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction.Pardons can be granted in many countries when individuals are deemed to have demonstrated that they have , or are otherwise considered to be deserving of them.

‘paid their debt to society’;