pardon
noun
kind indulgence, as in forgiveness of an offense or discourtesy or in tolerance of a distraction or inconvenience.
unpardoned
-
a word derived from
pardon.
Example Sentences
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The manic and often antic crimes of Stone, pardoned and unpardoned, add another layer of continuity, a louche link with the old Cohn-centered netherworld.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2022
On Christmas Day, 16 of those still unpardoned put on mock prison stripes and picketed the White House for two hours, demanding amnesty for all.
From Time Magazine Archive
Better—far, far better that my brother had died unpardoned but loyal!
From The Span o' Life A Tale of Louisbourg & Quebec by Jean Newton McIlwraith
Like the old Lapithites, with the goblets to fight, Our own 'mongst offences unpardoned will rank, Or breaking of windows, or glasses, for spight, And spoiling the goods for a rakehelly prank.
From Inns and Taverns of Old London by Henry C. (Henry Charles) Shelley
Oh, if death should overtake me as I am—so careless, so unconcerned, so thoughtless, and yet unpardoned!
From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various
