2
exempt(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive)
2
exempt from(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare)
2
expiate(clear, clean, clarify, cleanse, redeem)
2
fink
2
give absolution(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare)
2
let go(verb, expression, defend, explain, spare)
2
let off(expression, defend, spare, relieve, pardon)
2
lustrate(verb, clear, clean, clarify, cleanse)
2
profess
2
ransom
2
reclaim(verb, atonement)
2
release(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive)
2
remit(verb, clear, clean, defend, explain)
2
repair
2
repent(verb, confess)
2
spare(defend, relieve, pardon, forgive, acquit)
2
vindicate(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive)
2
whitewash(defend, spare, relieve, pardon, forgive)
1
absolve justify(expression, defend, explain, spare, relieve)
1
acknowledge
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