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Verbs (5)
discharge, clear, acquit, assoil, exculpate
v. pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
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Fuzzynyms (16)
justify, vindicate
v. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"
free, justify, absolve
v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
support, defend, fend for
v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"
excuse, relieve, exempt, let off
v. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"
release, free
v. make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
remit, release from
v. release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"
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Antonyms (23)
convict, find guilty, declare guilty
v. find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"
sentence, doom, condemn
v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
condemn, judge unfit, declare unfit
v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"
attribute, assign, impute, ascribe
v. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"
abstract, consider abstractly, consider theoretically
v. consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically
overcast, cloud
v. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"
blame, attribute responsibility to
v. attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"
blame, pick on, find fault with
v. harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"
exonerate
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