pardon

You use pardon to show that you didn't hear or understand someone.

Example: "Could you close the door, please?" "Pardon!" "Close the door, please."

You use pardon when you have made a rude sound like a burp.

If a government pardons somebody who is guilty of a crime, it allows them to live as though they had not committed the crime.

Example: The Ethiopian government has pardoned twenty five prisoners who were found guilty in connection to the unrest that rocked the nation.

When you pardon someone, you forgive them.

Example: I hope he'll pardon me for what I did to him.

You say pardon me or I beg your pardon when you didn't hear someone, when you accidentally touch someone, when you want someone's attention, or when you'd like someone to move.