Dict: easton - Pardon

easton:

Pardon @ the forgiveness of sins granted freely kjv@Isaiah:43:25), readily kjv@Nehemiah:9:17; kjv@Psalms:86:5), abundantly kjv@Isaiah:55:7; kjv@Romans:5:20). Pardon is an act of a sovereign, in pure sovereignty, granting simply a remission of the penalty due to sin, but securing neither honour nor reward to the pardoned. Justification (q.v.), on the other hand, is the act of a judge, and not of a sovereign, and includes pardon and, at the same time, a title to all the rewards and blessings promised in the covenant of life.