{
    "term": "pardon",
    "partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to ask somebody to repeat something because you did not hear it or did not understand it",
            "labels": "especially in North American English",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘You're very quiet today.’ ‘Pardon?’ ‘I said you're very quiet today.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used by some people to say ‘sorry’ when they have said or done something wrong, usually by accident",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːdn/",
                "audio": "pa/pardon/pardon__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːrdn/",
                "audio": "pa/pardon/pardon__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French pardun (noun), pardoner (verb), from medieval Latin perdonare ‘concede, remit’, from per- ‘completely’ + donare ‘give’."
}