4
pretexts(noun, pretexts)
4
vindicates(verb, vindicates, acquits, forgives)
3
clears(verb, vindicates, acquits)
3
dispensations(noun, dismissals)
3
frees(verb, dismisses, acquits)
3
liberates(verb, dismisses, acquits)
3
overlooks(verb, discharges, releases, spares, forgives)
3
pretenses(noun, pretexts)
3
privileges(noun, verb, dismisses, dismissals)
3
remits(noun, verb, forgives)
3
stays(noun, verb, dismisses, dismissals)
2
acknowledgments(noun, answers, responses)
2
amnesties(noun, dismissals)
2
answers(noun, answers, responses)
2
apologies
2
echoes(noun, answers, responses)
2
excepts(verb, dismisses)
2
exemptions(noun, dismissals)
2
immunities(noun, dismissals)
2
mitigates(verb, vindicates)
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