transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:(r)d(ə)n ]
( pardons, pardoning, pardoned)
1.
You say ‘ Pardon? ’ or ‘ I beg your pardon? ’ or, in American English, ‘ Pardon me? ’ when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it. ( SPOKEN )
‘Will you let me open it?’—‘Pardon?’—‘Can I open it?’...
CONVENTION [ formulae ]
2.
People say ‘ I beg your pardon? ’ when they are surprised or offended by something that someone has just said. ( SPOKEN )
‘Would you get undressed, please?’—‘I beg your pardon?’—‘Will you get undressed?’
CONVENTION [ feelings ]
3.
You say ‘ I beg your pardon ’ or ‘ I do beg your pardon ’ as a way of apologizing for accidentally doing something wrong, such as disturbing someone or making a mistake. ( SPOKEN )
I was impolite and I do beg your pardon...
CONVENTION [ formulae ]
4.
Some people say ‘ Pardon me ’ instead of ‘Excuse me’ when they want to politely get someone’s attention or interrupt them. ( mainly BRIT SPOKEN; in AM, use excuse me )
Pardon me, are you finished, madam?
CONVENTION [ formulae ]
5.
You can say things like ‘ Pardon me for asking ’ or ‘ Pardon my frankness ’ as a way of showing you understand that what you are going to say may sound rude. ( SPOKEN )
That, if you’ll pardon my saying so, is neither here nor there.
CONVENTION [ politeness ]
6.
Some people say things like ‘ If you’ll pardon the expression ’ or ‘ Pardon my French ’ just before or after saying something which they think might offend people. ( SPOKEN )
It’s enough to make you wet yourself, if you’ll pardon the expression.
CONVENTION [ formulae ]
7.
If someone who has been found guilty of a crime is pardoned , they are officially allowed to go free and are not punished.
Hundreds of political prisoners were pardoned and released.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
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Pardon is also a noun.
He was granted a presidential pardon.
N-COUNT