2
penitence(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution)
2
quittance(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
refinement(noun, distillation, freeing, cleansing, sanitization)
2
remission(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
repentance(forfeit, forgiveness, reparation, absolution, retribution)
2
respite(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
2
vindication(pardon, reconciliation, absolution)
1
acquittance
1
acting-out
1
asceticism
1
atonement(refinement, forfeit, reparation, distillation, freeing)
1
bloody flux
1
bowdlerization
1
bowel movement
1
clarification
1
cleanliness
1
cleanness
1
clearance
1
clearwing
1
cold purgatorial fires(expression, idiom)
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