👉 A revictual is a term used in English to refer to someone who has been convicted of a crime but has since been pardoned or exonerated. It was originally used by the British government in 1840 to describe those who had served time for crimes they later claimed were not committed, and it became more widely used in the United States during the Civil War when some individuals were granted pardons on their behalf. The term "revictual" is a play on words
