| 词汇 | free-pardon |
| 释义 | free pardon noun[ Cusually singular ] law UKspecializeduk /ˌfriː ˈpɑː.dən/ us /ˌfriː ˈpɑːr.dən/(USpardon) an occasion when someone who has committed a crime is officially forgiven: 特赦，赦免;特赦令 The new government is to grant a free pardon to all political prisoners.新政府将颁布特赦令赦免所有政治犯。 Compare amnesty royal pardon See also pardonnoun Not punishing & reducing punishment absolve amnesty be off the hookidiom clear of something commutation discharge escape get away with murderidiom get off get off lightlyphrase hook impunity let someone off privilege reprieve royal pardon scot-free spare unpunished unsanctioned Examples of free pardonfree pardon There were three possible courses to be considered, and the first was whether a freepardon was appropriate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first is what is commonly known as a freepardon, which in this context means that the pardon is free from any conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Capital punishment, as we know, admits of no error, and a freepardon is cold comfort to the innocent person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Wickremasinghe for a freepardon for a political offence committed by him some years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Release from imprisonment and financial compensation cannot really make amends for the lost years, but even those are better than a posthumous freepardon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not really a case in which any grounds can be said to exist of the kind in which a freepardon is granted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They, accordingly, went to him, and obtained information from him, and promised him a freepardon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can find no sufficient ground for advising the grant of a freepardon in this case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They recommended, inter alia, that the term "freepardon" be replaced by some word bearing the correct connotation of annulment, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In one such case a freepardon was granted, in 1982. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The expression "freepardon" has been used over many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last freepardon was granted in 1996 and involved summary driving offences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If a freepardon is granted, the police and the prison authorities act in the same way as if the individual had been acquitted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But the remedy that we use upon these occasions is still the freepardon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of free pardon These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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