See Also: pitted(dictionary)
pitted(2)(dictionary)
pitted(1)(dictionary)
Pitted(medicine)
pitted keratolysis(medicine)
pardon(1)(dictionary)
Pardon(medicine)
pardon(encyclopedia)
pardon(2)(dictionary)
pardon 1, interjection(dictionary)

pitted(1) (iou) and pardon(2) (iou)


pitted(1) (iou)



pitted adjective1. LOE.
[from PIT verb1, noun1: see -ED1, -ED2.]
Having pits or small depressions on or in the surface; marked with pits. Also, scarred by smallpox, acne, etc.
H. Wouk His..face was pitted, as though he had..been a bad acne sufferer. P. Benson The silencer was pitted with holes.

pardon(2) (iou)



pardon verb trans. LME.
[Old French pardoner, perduner (mod. pardonner), from medieval Latin perdonare, from Latin per- (see PAR-1 + donare give.]
Refrain from exacting the due penalty for (an offence etc.); pass over (an offence or offender) without punishment or blame; duly authorize remission of the legal consequences of (a crime or conviction); forgive. LME.
D. Hume Her father would never have pardoned such obstinacy. E. Wilson The royalists..had all been pardoned and set free.
Refrain from exacting (a duty, Debt, penalty, etc.). LME-M17.
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.
Make courteous allowance for, excuse, (a person, fact, or action). E16.
pardon me: I beg your pardon.
E. M. Forster Whether he droned trivialities..or sprang kisses on her..she could pardon him. A. S. Neill Compromise I can pardon, but not gush.