4
apologized(verb, vindicated)
4
clear(adjective, free, innocent, released, immune)
4
freed(verb, adjective, released, exempted, dismissed)
4
justified(verb, adjective, pleaded)
4
let off(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, clear)
4
liberated(verb, adjective, clear, free, released)
4
overlooked(verb, forgave)
4
permitted(verb, adjective, exempted, dismissed)
4
relieved(verb, adjective, released, exempted, dismissed)
4
reprieved(verb, dismissed, forgave)
4
spared(verb, adjective, clear, free, released)
3
forgave(verb, forgave, vindicated, acquited)
3
forgotten(verb, forgave)
2
chartered(allowed, exempt, empowered)
2
covered(noun, verb)
2
favored(adjective, clear, free, released, immune)
2
irreproachable
2
mitigated(verb, vindicated)
2
off the hook(expression, adjective, idiom, clear, free)
2
tolerated(verb, forgave)
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