Corruption story: Justice Minister, PM & PM's father secretly pardoned friend who raped stepdaughter "almost daily for 12 years." #HöfumHátthttps://twitter.com/AndriErlingsson/status/908491738888724480 …
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What you're talking about is different. The Icelandic, er.. thing, does in no way imply he was innocent or take away the fact of the crime.
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The process is literally called "restoring honor" in every English-language article I've read by an Icelandic newspaper.
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pardon ˈpɑːd(ə)n/Submit noun 1. the action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence.
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Pardon is "náðun" in Icelandic and is a specific and different thing to restoration of honour "uppreist æru".
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I know that would be the legally accurate definition but in terms of how language is used, it is not incorrect
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I'm no media expert but is legal accuracy kind of important when reporting about the fall of a government?
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It is, which is why this was all thankfully clarified in a long series of tweets and links
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