venia: poenae remissio: poenae meritae remissio (remission of punishment). To ask (anybody’s) forgiveness, veniam ignoscendi petere; postulare, sibi ut ignoscatur; postulare, ut ignoscat aliquis; alicui satisfacere (to give satisfaction by asking for pardon); on account of anything, alicui rei veniam petere; anybody for anything, alicui rei ut ignoscat aliquis, postulare; ab aliquo petere or aliquem orare, ut ignoscat aliquid: I ask your forgiveness for it, id ut ignoscas, a te peto: to obtain forgiveness from anybody, aliquem ad ignoscendi voluntatem deducere; impetrare ab aliquo veniam; about anything, alicui rei.