0 an occasion when someone who has committed a crime is officially forgiven:
The new government is to grant a free pardon to all political prisoners.
There were three possible courses to be considered, and the first was whether a free pardon was appropriate.
The first is what is commonly known as a free pardon, which in this context means that the pardon is free from any conditions.
Capital punishment, as we know, admits of no error, and a free pardon is cold comfort to the innocent person.
Wickremasinghe for a free pardon for a political offence committed by him some years ago.
Release from imprisonment and financial compensation cannot really make amends for the lost years, but even those are better than a posthumous free pardon.
Free pardons are granted in a variety of circumstances and a term of imprisonment is not a condition precedent to the exercise of the prerogative.
This is not really a case in which any grounds can be said to exist of the kind in which a free pardon is granted.
They, accordingly, went to him, and obtained information from him, and promised him a free pardon.
