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13
pardons(verb, stops, stays, discharges)
7
pleas(pleas, pretexts)
7
releases(verb, dismisses, dismissals, acquits)
6
discharges(verb, dismisses, dismissals, acquits)
6
justifications(pleas, responses, pretexts)
5
reprieves(verb, dismisses, dismissals, forgives)
4
acquits(verb, vindicates, acquits, forgives)
4
alibis
4
defenses(pleas, responses)
4
explanations(answers, pleas, responses)
4
licenses(verb, dismisses, dismissals)
4
pretexts
3
dispensations
3
pretenses
3
privileges(verb, dismisses, dismissals)
3
remits(verb, forgives)
3
stays(verb, dismisses, dismissals)
2
acknowledgments(answers, responses)
2
amnesties
2
answers(answers, responses)
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