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pardoned

adjective C1
  1. Forgiven for wrongdoing.
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The King, as soon as he heard the tale, ordered the Lion to be set free again in the forest, and the Shepherd to be pardoned and restored to his friends.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 97 · B2
As they walked off together, Alice heard the King say in a low voice, to the company generally, “You are all pardoned.” “Come, _that’s_ a good thing!” she said to herself, for she had felt quite unhappy at the number of executions the Queen had ordered.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 71 · B2
“Unfortunately, Edmond is dead, and has not pardoned me.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 304 · C1
This, in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts, but there was in him a certain wanton and cruel humour which made his name a by-word through the West.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 11 · C1

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