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Expiate

To extinguish the guilt of by sufferance of penalty or some equivalent; to make complete satisfaction for; to atone for; to make amends for; to make expiation for; as, to expiate a crime, a guilt, or sin.

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Compensate 76% connected

To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a…

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Correct 76% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Redress 76% connected

To dress again.

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Right 76% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Aby 92% connected

Alt. of Abye

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Abye 92% connected

To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Atone 92% connected

To agree; to be in accordance; to accord.

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Absolution noun · 78% connection

An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Absolve verb · 78% connection

To set free, or release, as from some obligation, debt, or responsibility, or from the consequences of guilt or such ties as it would…

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Amercement noun · 78% connection

The infliction of a penalty at the discretion of the court; also, a mulct or penalty thus imposed. It differs from a fine,in that the…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Annex verb · 78% connection

To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.; as, to annex a penalty to a prohibition, or punishment to guilt.

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Appeal verb · 78% connection

To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Atonement noun · 78% connection

Satisfaction or reparation made by giving an equivalent for an injury, or by doing of suffering that which will be received in satisfa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Bote noun · 78% connection

Compensation; amends; satisfaction; expiation; as, man bote, a compensation or a man slain.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Compensation noun · 78% connection

That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which co…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Condemn verb · 78% connection

To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Convict noun · 78% connection

A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Endurance noun · 78% connection

The act of bearing or suffering; a continuing under pain or distress without resistance, or without being overcome; sufferance; patien…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Expiation noun · 78% connection

The act of making satisfaction or atonement for any crime or fault; the extinguishing of guilt by suffering or penalty.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Forfeit noun · 78% connection

To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to a…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Guilty superl. · 78% connection

Having incurred guilt; criminal; morally delinquent; wicked; chargeable with, or responsible for, something censurable; justly exposed…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Gult noun · 78% connection

Guilt. See Guilt.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Inculpate verb · 78% connection

To blame; to impute guilt to; to accuse; to involve or implicate in guilt.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Indemnification noun · 78% connection

The act or process of indemnifying, preserving, or securing against loss, damage, or penalty; reimbursement of loss, damage, or penalt…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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Inexpiable adjective · 78% connection

Admitting of no expiation, atonement, or satisfaction; as, an inexpiable crime or offense.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: extinguish, guilt, sufferance, penalty, some.
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