pardon
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From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English pardonen, from Old French pardoner (modern French pardonner), from Late Latin perdonare, from per- + donare, possibly a calque (if not vice-versa) 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 forġiefan (“to forgive”). More at forgive.
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pardon (countable and uncountable, plural pardons)
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pardon (third-person singular simple present pardons, present participle pardoning, simple past and past participle pardoned)
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