beg pardon
verb
Roget 952:
atone,
atone for;
expiate;
propitiate;
make amends,
make good;
reclaim,
redeem,
repair,
ransom,
absolve,
purge,
shrive,
do penance,
stand in a white sheet,
repent in sackcloth and ashes,
wear a hairshirt.
set one's house in order,
wipe off old scores,
make matters up;
pay the forfeit,
pay the penalty.
apologize,
beg pardon,
fair l'amende honorable [Fr.],
give satisfaction;
come down on one's knees,
fall down on one's knees,
down on one's marrow bones.
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Roget 918:
forgive,
forgive and forget;
pardon,
condone,
think no more of,
let bygones be bygones,
shake hands;
forget an injury.
excuse,
pass over,
overlook;
wink at
etc.
(neglect)
460;
bear with;
allow for,
make allowances for;
let one down easily,
not be too hard upon,
pocket the affront.
let off,
remit,
absolve,
give absolution,
reprieve;
acquit
etc.
970.
beg pardon,
ask pardon,
implore pardon
etc.
n.;
conciliate,
propitiate,
placate;
make up a quarrel
etc.
(pacify)
723;
let the wound heal.
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Roget 950:
repent,
be sorry for;
be penitent
etc.
adj.;
rue;
regret
etc.
833;
think better of;
recant
etc.
607;
knock under
etc.
(submit)
725;
plead guilty;
sing miserere [Lat.],
sing de profundis [Lat.];
cry peccavi;
own oneself in the wrong;
acknowledge,
confess
&c.,
(disclose)
529;
humble oneself;
beg pardon
etc.
(apologize)
952;
turn over a new leaf,
put on the new man,
turn from sin;
reclaim;
repent in sackcloth and ashes
&c.,
(do penance)
952;
learn by experience.
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