📖 Definitions of "Pardoner"
noun
- 1
One who pardons.
- 2
In medieval Catholicism, a person licensed to grant papal pardons or indulgences.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pardoneenoun | One who receives a pardon. |
| justifiernoun | (chiefly philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies some belief or action. |
| remitternoun | One who remits, or makes remittance. |
| excusernoun | One who excuses or forgives another. |
| forgivernoun | A person who forgives. |
| probatornoun | An examiner; an approver. |
| palliatornoun | Someone or something that palliates; A person or thing that soothes or reduces difficulties. |
| permitternoun | One who permits. |
| pardonmongernoun | (Christianity, archaic, derogatory) A seller of (papal) indulgences. |
| exoneratornoun | One who exonerates. |
| propitiatornoun | One who propitiates or appeases. |
| indulgencernoun | One who indulges; one who offers indulgence. |
| exculpatornoun | One who exculpates, or frees from blame. |
| atonernoun | One who atones. |
| justificatornoun | One who justifies or vindicates. |
| expiatornoun | One who makes expiation or atonement. |
| apologistnoun | (usually) One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. |
| parleyernoun | One who parleys. |
| parchernoun | A surname. |
| amendernoun | One who amends. |
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