8
pardoning(verb, adjective, calm, light, soft)
7
absolving(verb, forgiving, dismissing, vindicating, acquitting)
6
acquitting(verb, forgiving, vindicating, acquitting)
6
vindicating(verb, forgiving, vindicating, acquitting)
5
apologizing(noun, verb, return, argument, explanation)
5
condoning(verb, adjective, calm, light, soft)
5
dismissing(verb, forgiving, dismissing, vindicating, acquitting)
5
exculpating(verb, vindicating, acquitting)
5
exonerating(verb, forgiving, vindicating, acquitting)
5
forgiving(verb, adjective, calm, light, soft)
4
discharging(verb, dismissing, acquitting)
4
releasing(verb, dismissing, acquitting)
4
remitting(verb, forgiving)
3
clearing(noun, verb, vindicating, acquitting)
3
exempting(verb, dismissing)
3
freeing(verb, dismissing, acquitting)
3
liberating(verb, dismissing, acquitting)
3
refuting(verb, vindicating)
3
reprieving(verb, forgiving, dismissing)
2
assuaging(verb, soft, sympathetic, tolerant, compliant)
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