3
mortification(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution)
3
purgatory(noun, atonement)
3
sackcloth and ashes(expression, idiom, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation)
2
absolution(refinement, pardon, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation)
2
abstersion
2
acquittal(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
baptism(noun, refinement, initiation, distillation, freeing)
2
cleanup
2
depuration(refinement, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
2
detersion
2
discard(noun, cut, scrap, elimination, castoff)
2
disinfection(refinement, cleanness, purification, distillation, freeing)
2
elimination(noun, act, cut, keep, process)
2
exculpation(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
exoneration(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
freeing(refinement, distillation, cleansing, sanitization)
2
hair shirt(expression, forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution)
2
justification(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
lavation(refinement, cleanness, distillation, freeing, cleansing)
2
pardon(reconciliation, absolution)
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