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Exonerate

To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

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Broader term 3

Judge 76% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Label 76% connected

A tassel.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pronounce 76% connected

To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 3

Purge 76% connected

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Vindicate 76% connected

To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Whitewash 76% connected

Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Exculpation 74% connected

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exculpation 74% connected

The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exculpatory 74% connected

Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exculpatory 74% connected

Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Evaluate 72% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Judge 72% connected

A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 5

Acquit 92% connected

Acquitted; set free; rid of.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Assoil 92% connected

To set free; to release.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clear 92% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discharge 92% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Exculpate 92% connected

To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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