Betydelse av pardon på svenska

• 0 to forgive someone for something they have said or done. This word is often used in polite expressions:

  • Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is ergonomics?

  • [ + -ing verb ] Pardon me interrupting, but there's a client to see you.

  • Large numbers of political prisoners have been pardoned and released by the new president.

• 1 an occasion when someone who has committed a crime is officially forgiven:

  • He had actively sought a pardon from the president.

• 2 used to politely ask someone to repeat something they have said because you did not hear it

  • "Women tend to be fairly useless drivers, anyway." "I beg your pardon!"

• 3 to forgive someone for something:

  • Satellite radio is about to – pardon the expression (= forgive me for using this phrase) – go into orbit.

  • He was convicted of murder, but was later pardoned by the governor.

• 4 said when you have not heard what someone has said to you and you want the person to repeat it:

  • "The train leaves at 2:15." "Pardon?"

• 5 forgiveness:

  • He had actively sought a pardon (= official forgiveness) from the president.