2
let up on(expression, idiom, clear, relieve, duty)
2
loose(verb, clear, release, free, discharge)
2
make allowances for(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, disregard)
2
manumit(verb, clear, release, free, discharge)
2
melt
2
mercifulness(noun, favor, kindness, grace, goodness)
2
mitigate(verb, stop, reduce, release, moderate)
2
permission(noun, dismissal)
2
permit(verb, dismiss)
2
purgation(reconciliation, absolution)
2
quarter(noun, favor, kindness, grace, goodness)
2
quietus
2
quittance(release, discharge, dispatch, reconciliation, absolution)
2
redemption(noun, rescue, deliverance)
2
relax(stop, release, moderate, decrease, abate)
2
repent(confess, penitence)
2
rescue(noun, verb, clear, release, free)
2
respite(noun, stop, break, release, moderate)
2
salvation(noun, release, rescue, saving, deliverance)
2
shrift
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