Pardon

13 clues
Excuse
Let off
Ahem ...
Absolve.
Clemency
Reprieve
Forgiveness
Come again?
Sentence ender
Inmate's dream
___ forgive . . .
Would you repeat that?
Allow to go unpunished
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