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"If someone who has committed a crime is pardoned, that person is officially forgiven and their punishment is stopped." (Cambridge Dictionary)"An act of mercy by a person in authority toward someone who has committed a crime, esp. by reducing a punishment." (Cambridge Dictionary)
See also: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/pardon?q=Pardon
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