pardoned
adj.forgiven for a crime or a mistake. When you are pardoned, you are officially allowed to go free without being punished.
adj.released from the legal consequences of a crime or conviction by an official authority. Often used predicatively after a linking verb or as a participial adjective.
“The prisoner was pardoned after new evidence was found.”
“The president decided that the activist should be pardoned to help heal the country's political divisions.”
“Although he was eventually pardoned by the governor, the social stigma of his initial conviction made it difficult for him to find steady employment in his home town.”
Often follows a linking verb like 'be' or 'get'; can also be used as a past participle in passive constructions.
The verb form of pardon is transitive and takes a direct object without a preposition.
“In the speech, he will boast of record donations compared with the other parties, including £4m from a crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump in the last quarter.”