how to pronounce pardon

/ˈpɑː.dən/

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pardon is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of pardon in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… granted him a pardon despite the fact …”

meaning of pardon

Pardon means to forgive or excuse.

pardon frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word pardon occurs in english on average 18.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics pardon can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that pardon can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;