Even now about it! I will pardon you.
Shak.
Pardon me, forgive me; excuse me; -- a phrase used also to express
courteous denial or contradiction.
Syn. -- To forgive; absolve; excuse; overlook; remit; acquit. See
Excuse.
Par"don*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. pardonnable.] Admitting of pardon; not
requiring the excution of penalty; venial; excusable; -- applied to the
offense or to the offender; as, a pardonable fault, or culprit.
Par"don*a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being pardonable; as,
the pardonableness of sin. Bp. Hall.
Par"don*a*bly, adv. In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably. Dryden.
Par"don*er (?), n. 1. One who pardons. Shak.