| 单词 | act of grace |
| 释义 | > as lemmasact of grace act of grace n. a formal pardon; spec. a free and general pardon, granted by Act of Parliament. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > forgiveness > [noun] > general pardon amnesty1592 act of grace1638 1638 Earl of Traquaire et al. Let. in W. Balcanquhall Large Declar. Tumults Scotl. (1639) 289 Your former act of Grace expressed in your [sc. Charles I's] Proclamation and Declaration anent the maintenance of the true Religion. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη ix. 53 Is this the reward and thanks I am to receive for those manie Acts of Grace I have lately passed? 1768 T. Randolph Sermon 18 The pleading the Act of Grace in proper Form is what more immediately restores the Rebel to the Privileges. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 460 In the next [parliament] William took the matter into his own hands by sending down an act of grace. 1920 A. L. Cross Shorter Hist. Eng. & Greater Brit. xxxvii. 444 He [sc. William III] forced an Act of Grace on the angry and revengeful Whigs, he was largely responsible for the Toleration Act. 1997 P. Yancey What's so amazing about Grace? i. 12 Parliament declares an ‘act of grace’ to pardon a criminal. < as lemmas |
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