| absolve(verb, clear, clean, clarify, pardon) |
| confess |
| excuse(verb, pardon, forgive, justify, acquit) |
| forgive(verb, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| pardon(verb, defend, explain, spare, relieve) |
| purge(verb, clear, clean, defend, explain) |
| acquit(verb, defend, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| clear(clean, defend, spare, relieve, clarify) |
| exculpate(clear, clean, defend, spare, relieve) |
| exonerate(clear, clean, defend, spare, relieve) |
| free(verb, defend, spare, relieve, pardon) |
| purify(verb, free, clean, cleanse, sanitize) |
| squeal |
| administer extreme unction(expression, idiom, rite) |
| atone(verb, clear, clean, clarify, confess) |
| decontaminate(clear, clean, clarify, cleanse, redeem) |
| discharge(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive) |
| dispense from(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare) |
| hear confession(expression, idiom, rite) |
| redeem(verb, clear, clean, clarify, cleanse) |