Pardon

v. t.
  1. To absolve from the consequences of a fault or the punishment of crime; to free from penalty; -- applied to the offender.
  2. To remit the penalty of; to suffer to pass without punishment; to forgive; -- applied to offenses.
  3. To refrain from exacting as a penalty.
  4. To give leave (of departure) to.
    5. Pardon me ,
    forgive me; excuse me; -- a phrase used also to express courteous denial or contradiction, or to request forgiveness for a mild transgression, such as bumping a person while passing.