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Word Meanings - PARDONING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God.

Related words: (words related to PARDONING)

  • RIGHT-RUNNING
    Straight; direct.
  • WILLOWER
    A willow. See Willow, n., 2.
  • HAVENED
    Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
  • PARDON
    A release, by a sovereign, or officer having jurisdiction, from the penalties of an offense, being distinguished from amenesty, which is a general obliteration and canceling of a particular line of past offenses. Syn. -- Forgiveness; remission.
  • RELATIONSHIP
    The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. Mason.
  • HAVENER
    A harbor master.
  • POWERFUL
    Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. Syn. -- Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious; energetic; intense. -- Pow"er*ful*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*ful*ness, n. (more info) 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any
  • WILLING
    1. Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; disposed; not averse; desirous; consenting; complying; ready. Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. Acts xxiv. 27. With wearied
  • POWERABLE
    1. Capable of being effected or accomplished by the application of power; possible. J. Young. 2. Capable of exerting power; powerful. Camden.
  • RIGHTEOUSNESS
    The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
  • HAVELOCK
    A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
  • RIGHT
    1. In a right manner. 2. In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide. Unto Dian's temple goeth
  • WILLIWAW; WILLYWAW
    A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan. W. C. Russell.
  • WILLINGLY
    In a willing manner; with free will; without reluctance; cheerfully. Chaucer. The condition of that people is not so much to be envied as some would willingly represent it. Addison.
  • WILLOW-WORT
    Same as Willow-weed. Any plant of the order Salicaceæ, or the Willow family.
  • WILLEMITE
    A silicate of zinc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals containing manganese.
  • WILLY NILLY
    See WILL
  • MERCIFUL
    1. Full of mercy; having or exercising mercy; disposed to pity and spare offenders; unwilling to punish. The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious. Ex. xxxiv. 6. Be merciful, great duke, to men of mold. Shak. 2. Unwilling to give
  • HAVE
    haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
  • RIGHT-ANGLED
    Containing a right angle or right angles; as, a right-angled triangle.
  • PRELATIST
    One who supports of advocates prelacy, or the government of the church by prelates; hence, a high-churchman. Hume. I am an Episcopalian, but not a prelatist. T. Scott.
  • BRIGHT
    See I
  • PRELATISM
    Prelacy; episcopacy.
  • PRELATIZE
    To bring under the influence of prelacy. Palfrey.
  • SWILLINGS
    See 1
  • CANDLE POWER
    Illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle.
  • MISRELATION
    Erroneous relation or narration. Abp. Bramhall.
  • CARTWRIGHT
    An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
  • SPRIGHTLY
    Sprightlike, or spiritlike; lively; brisk; animated; vigorous; airy; gay; as, a sprightly youth; a sprightly air; a sprightly dance. "Sprightly wit and love inspires." Dryden. The sprightly Sylvia trips along the green. Pope.
  • FRIGHTFUL
    1. Full of fright; affrighted; frightened. See how the frightful herds run from the wood. W. Browne. 2. Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance. Syn.
  • SHRIGHT
    imp. & p. p. of Shriek. She cried alway and shright. Chaucer.

 

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