| grant amnesty(expression, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| indulge(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| let go(expression, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| let off(expression, defend, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| liberate(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| make allowances for(expression, idiom, defend, explain, spare) |
| mitigate(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| overlook(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| pardon(defend, explain, spare, relieve, tolerate) |
| pass over(expression, defend, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| plead ignorance(expression, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| pretext(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| purge(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| rationalize(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| release(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| relieve(defend, spare, pardon, forgive, acquit) |
| remit(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| shrive(defend, explain, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| shrug off(expression, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| spare(defend, relieve, pardon, forgive, acquit) |