Pardon
Pardon noun - Release from the guilt or penalty of an offense.
Spite
Spite noun - The desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm.
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.
Source: Screw the Rules, I Make Them!
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