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11
absolve(clear, clean, clarify, pardon)
9
confess
7
excuse(pardon, forgive, justify, acquit)
7
forgive(defend, explain, spare, relieve)
7
pardon(defend, explain, spare, relieve)
6
purge(clear, clean, defend, explain)
5
acquit(defend, spare, relieve, pardon)
5
free(defend, spare, relieve, pardon)
5
purify(free, clean, cleanse, sanitize)
5
squeal
3
atone(clear, clean, clarify, confess)
3
dispense from(expression, defend, explain, spare)
3
redeem(clear, clean, clarify, cleanse)
2
exempt from(expression, defend, explain, spare)
2
fink
2
give absolution(expression, defend, explain, spare)
2
let go(expression, defend, explain, spare)
2
lustrate(clear, clean, clarify, cleanse)
2
profess
2
reclaim
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