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Pardon Crossword Clue

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noun

• a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

• a note explaining an absence

• a poor example

verb

• accept an excuse for

• grant exemption or release to

• serve as a reason or cause or justification of

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• ask for permission to be released from an engagement

• excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with

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adverb

• (Singlish) Used to contradict an underlying assumption held by the interlocutor.

• (usually followed by "with," but also sometimes "would" or "might," especially in finance) In some manner or degree; in part; partly. See also what with

• Such.

• Why.

• Used to introduce each of two coordinate phrases or concepts; both…and.

noun

• Something; thing; stuff.

• The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.

• Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.

pronoun

• (interrogative) Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used interrogatively in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.

• That which; those that; the thing that.

• (relative) That; which; who.

• Whatever.

interjection

• An expression of surprise or disbelief.

• What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.

• Clipping of what do you say?

• What did you say? I beg your pardon?

• (typically with a) An intensifier to an adjective phrase; used to begin a sentence.

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verb

• grant remission of a sin to

• let off the hook

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The Guardian Quick04 Nov 2024 Across 1
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