Capable of being pardoned; worthy of pardon.

In a pardonable manner.

plural of pardoner

The quality or state of being pardonable.

plural of pardoning

Synonym of pardonableness

simple past tense and past participle of pardon my French

(idiomatic) Sorry; said as an apology. / (idiomatic) Polite expression used to soften a contradiction. / (idiomatic, Canada, US) Polite expression to ask someone to repeat an utterance.

Abbreviated form of I beg your pardon.

Said before (or after) the use of terms that some people might find inappropriate