Defn: The quality or state of being pardonable; as, the pardonableness of sin. Bp. Hall.
PARDONABLY
Par"don*a*bly, adv.
Defn: In a manner admitting of pardon; excusably. Dryden.
PARDONER
Par"don*er, n.
1. One who pardons. Shak.
2. A seller of indulgences. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PARDONING
Par"don*ing, a.
Defn: Relating to pardon; having or exercising the right to pardon; willing to pardon; merciful; as, the pardoning power; a pardoning God.
PARE Pare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pared; p. pr. & vb. n. Paring.] Etym: [F. parer to pare, as a horse's hoofs, to dress or curry, as, leather, to clear, as anchors or cables, to parry, ward off, fr. L. parare to prepare. Cf. Empire, Parade, Pardon, Parry, Prepare.]
1. To cut off, or shave off, the superficial substance or extremities of; as, to pare an apple; to pare a horse's hoof.