Definition of pardons:
(n) :
Forgiveness for an offence.
(v) :
(transitive) To forgive (a person).
(v) :
(transitive, law) To grant an official pardon for a crime.
(n) :
(law) 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.
(v) :
(transitive) To refrain from exacting as a penalty.