Pardon and Spite

Pardon

Pardon noun - Release from the guilt or penalty of an offense.

Spite is an antonym for pardon.

Nearby Words: pardoning, pardoned, pardonable

Spite

Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.

Pardon is an antonym for spite in hateful feeling topic.

Nearby Words: spiteful, spitefully, spiting

How words are described

general general pardon general spite

Common collocations

people pardon people spite people
men pardon men spite men
way pardon way spite way
brother pardon brother spite brother
Other words: killer, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • A twist in The Warlock in Spite of Himself by Christopher Stasheff: Queen Katherine insists that the law says captured rebels must be executed, and therefore she cannot pardon them.
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