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