different between unpardonable vs pardon

English

Etymology

un- +? pardonable

Adjective

unpardonable (comparative more unpardonable, superlative most unpardonable)

1. impossible to pardon; impossible to excuse or justify
   • 1900, Gilbert Parker, An Unpardonable Liar:

     "I can understand your being wicked," she said keenly, "but not your being cowardly. That is and was unpardonable."

   • 1912, Ralph Connor, Corporal Cameron of the Northwest Mounted Police:

     To lose a game was bad enough, but to round on a comrade was unpardonable; while to lose from the game a half-back of Cameron's calibre was unthinkable.

Synonyms

• inexcusable, unforgivable, unremittable
• unjustifiable, indefensible

Antonyms

• pardonable

Derived terms

• unpardonable sin

Related terms

• pardonable

Translations

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “unpardonable”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language

English

Etymology

From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Vulgar Latin *perdonare, from per- + donare, a loan-translation of a Germanic word represented by Frankish *firgeban (“to forgive, give up completely”), from *fir- + *geban. Akin to Old High German fargeban, firgeban (“to forgive”), Old English for?iefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?p??.d?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??d?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.dn?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?n

Noun

pardon (countable and uncountable, plural pardons)

1. Forgiveness for an offence.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa

     […] a step, that could not be taken with the least hope of ever obtaining pardon from or reconciliation with any of my friends; […]

2. (law) 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

     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 pardon

Translations

Verb

pardon (third-person singular simple present pardons, present participle pardoning, simple past and past participle pardoned)

1. (transitive) To forgive (a person).
   • 1599: William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

     O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!

   • 1815: Jane Austen, Emma

     I hope you will not find he has outstepped the truth more than may be pardoned, in consideration of the motive.
2. (transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
3. (transitive, law) To grant an official pardon for a crime.
   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     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
• unpardonable

Translations

Interjection

pardon?

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:say again

Translations

Anagrams

• Padron

Czech

Alternative forms

• pardón

Interjection

pardon

1. sorry, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon, I apologize

Synonyms

• omlouvám se, promi?te, promi?, sorry, sorá?

Further reading

• pardon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pardon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French pardon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r?d?n/
• Hyphenation: par?don
• Rhymes: -?n

Interjection

pardon

1. I'm sorry, pardon

Noun

pardon n (plural pardons)

1. (law) pardon, clemency

French

Etymology

Deverbal of pardonner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.d??/

Interjection

pardon

1. excuse me
2. sorry

Descendants

• ? Bulgarian: ??????? (pardón, “colloquial”)
• ? Czech: pardon (“colloquial”)
• ? English: pardon
• ? Russian: ??????? (pardón, “colloquial”)

Noun

pardon m (plural pardons)

1. pardon, forgiveness

Derived terms

• Grand Pardon

Further reading

• “pardon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• pondra

Hungarian

Etymology

From French pardon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par?don/
• Rhymes: -on

Interjection

pardon

1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!

Further reading

• pardon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

From French pardon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /par?don/

Interjection

pardon

1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!

Noun

pardon n (uncountable)

1. (dated) pardon, pardoning, forgiveness, excuse

Synonyms

• iertare, scuz?

See also

• poftim

Swedish

Noun

pardon c

1. mercy

Synonyms

• nåd

Anagrams

• pandor

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pardon.

Interjection

pardon

1. pardon!, pardon me!, excuse me!, I beg your pardon!, sorry!