An order that releases a convicted criminal without further punishment, prevents future punishment, or (in some jurisdictions) removes an offence from a person's criminal record, as if it had never been committed.
To forgive (a person).
To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
To grant an official pardon for a crime.
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