pardoner
/ˈpɑrdənər/
noun
- A person who forgives or grants a pardon.
- The king acted as a pardoner, releasing the prisoners after the celebration.
- She was a generous pardoner, always ready to forgive her friends' mistakes.
- In some traditions, the priest is seen as a pardoner of sins.
- In medieval times, a person who sold official church pardons or indulgences.
- Many people distrusted the pardoner because he seemed more interested in money than in forgiveness.
- The pardoner traveled from town to town selling documents that claimed to reduce punishment for sins.
- Chaucer's 'The Pardoner's Tale' tells the story of a dishonest pardoner.