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21forgiving — adj 1. absolutory, absolvent, absolving, shriving, excusive, excusing, condoning, remissive, remitting; acquitting, exculpatory, exculpating, exonerative, exonerating. 2. merciful, compassionate, humane, clement, forbearing, sparing, lenient,… …
22justificatory — adj 1. substantiative, substantiating, supportive, supporting, upholding, sustaining, justificative, justifying; apologetic, extenuatory, extenuating, mitigative, mitigating, palliative, palliating. 2. exculpatory, exculpating, acquitting,… …
23mitigating — adj extenuating, extenuative, extenuatory, palliative, mitigative, mitigatory; exculpatory, exonerative, justifying, justificatory, justificative, excusatory, vindicating, vindicatory, vindicative; qualifying, modifying, tempering …
24vindicatory — adj 1. exculpatory, exculpating, acquitting, compurgatory, exonerative, exonerating, vindicative, vindicating, absolutory, absolvent, absolving, excusatory, excusing; justificatory, justificative, justifying, extenuatory, extenuating, mitigative …
25exonerate — /əgˈzɒnəreɪt / (say uhg zonuhrayt), /ɛg / (say eg ) verb (t) (exonerated, exonerating) 1. to clear, as of a charge; free from blame; exculpate. 2. to relieve, as from an obligation, duty, or task. {Latin exonerātus, past participle, disburdened}… …
26exonerate — [eg zän′ər āt΄, igzän′ə rāt΄] vt. exonerated, exonerating [< L exoneratus, pp. of exonerare, to disburden < ex , out + onerare, to load < onus (gen. oneris), a burden: see ONUS] 1. to relieve of (a duty, obligation, etc.) 2. to free from …
27assoil — verb pronounce not guilty of criminal charges The suspect was cleared of the murder charges • Syn: ↑acquit, ↑clear, ↑discharge, ↑exonerate, ↑exculpate • Ant: ↑convict ( …
28exculpatory — adjective clearing of guilt or blame • Ant: ↑inculpatory • Similar to: ↑absolvitory, ↑exonerative, ↑forgiving, ↑extenuating, ↑justificative, ↑justificatory, ↑ …
29exonerate — v.tr. (often foll. by from) 1 free or declare free from blame etc. 2 release from a duty etc. Derivatives: exoneration n. exonerative adj. Etymology: L exonerare exonerat (as EX (1), onus, oneris burden) …
