Dictionary of synonyms

Synonyms and antonyms of the word: pardoning

Synonyms:

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Clemency and justice have been top of mind lately, with GOP presidential candidates musing about pardoning people convicted in the violent Jan.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/connecticut-witchcraft-republican-rob-sampson-rcna86913

During the annual turkey pardoning ceremony, President Joe Biden honored the late First Lady Rosalynn Carter when giving a speech about Thanksgiving.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rosalynn-carter-death-jimmy-children-latest-news-b2450284.html

His recent comments about attacking judges, pardoning the traitorous attackers from Jan.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-narcissism-2666488750/

In pardoning Mr. Nixon, Mr. Ford was not trying to set a precedent barring future prosecutions of a president, said the historian Richard Norton Smith, whose biography of Mr. Ford, “An Ordinary Man,” will be published next month.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/us/politics/trump-indictment-democracy.html

Lindsay, then a household name and troubadour of poetry who tramped across the country three times trading rhymes for bread, eulogized Altgeld’s integrity and bravery for pardoning the Haymarket anarchists.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/9/1/23856171/labor-day-john-peter-altgeld-haymarket-riot-anarchists-union-movement

Now governor, Parson also has become the face of mercy by pardoning more than 600 people in the past three years, more than any Missouri governor since the 1940s.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/missouri-governor-granting-pardons-pace-wwii-era-105131414

Parson's pardoning pace in Republican-heavy Missouri coincides with a national movement to restore citizens' rights and reputations after they have served criminal sentences.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/missouri-governor-granting-pardons-pace-wwii-era-105131414

Shine said he’d be fine with Trump pardoning himself — if it came to that.

Source: https://www.nhpr.org/politics/2023-09-05/lost-bizarre-nasty-on-2024-primary-trail-a-dark-mood-prevails-for-many-nh-gop-voters

The provincial government could pass a law pardoning anyone who broke provincial restrictions, but no politician or political staffer may call or email prosecutors pressuring them to withdraw or push ahead with any particular case.

Source: https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-danielle-smiths-scandal-on-emailing-crown-prosecutors-could-have-been-avoided

There is precedent for one president pardoning another.

Source: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/12/28/lucas-biden-spaced-out-during-pot-pardons/

To me, it really depends on what the extent is going to be … You can easily see him pardoning everybody who committed misdemeanors, something like that.”

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/28/sedition-hunters-book-jan-6-rioters-fbi-trump

“Where are you on the idea of a president pardoning Trump?”

Source: https://nypost.com/2023/05/29/biden-smirks-and-laughs-when-asked-about-potential-pardon-for-trump/