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Discover LudwigThe word "Pardon?" is correct in written English, though it is more commonly used in spoken language
It is typically used to ask someone to repeat what they said or to express surprise or disbelief. Example: "Pardon? I didn't catch that last part."
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Pardon?
noun
Forgiveness for an offence.
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And since the armed forces are frequently accused of colluding with the paramilitaries, their disappearance would remove one objection to foreign aid to Colombia.In this section The sucking sound from the East Sugar and spice Punish or pardon?
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Althought a death penalty for Ebrahimi was handed down by the judges, her victim's family have until the very last minute to pardon her, a decision they have so far refused.
Dow, who was on the frontlines when inflation was serious (25% in 1975) kept a diary – against the wishes of the governor of the time, Gordon Richardson, who, I am pretty certain, would have granted him a posthumous pardon if he had read this remarkable book.
The White House strongly condemned the prosecution and called on Egyptian government to immediately pardon hose prosecuted so they could be released.
Khodorkovsky, who was released in December after a surprise pardon, renounced his claims to Yukos assets during an earlier trial, and restated on Monday that he will not seek to benefit from the Hague court's ruling.
The British mercenary Simon Mann, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison in Equatorial Guinea last year for plotting to overthrow the oil-rich country's government, has been granted a presidential pardon.
The sultan of Oman has issued a pardon for about 50 bloggers and human rights activists who were recently sentenced to long jail terms on charges of defamation, cyber-crime or illegal assembly.
Though US officials have denied that a pardon or commutation of sentence for the convicted rebel has even been discussed, Jaramillo told the BBC this month that Trinidad would have to be part of any agreement with the Farc.
Equatorial Guinea's information ministry said tonight that Teodoro Obiang, the president, had already signed the waiver, which was "a complete pardon on humanitarian grounds".
It stated that the pardon came on the eve of an official visit to Equatorial Guinea by Jacob Zuma, the South African president.
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