compurgation

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Noun
  • But Hemphill rejected her pardon, the Idaho Statesman reported.
    David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Of the 1,500 or so offenders who received pardons, roughly 600 had been charged with assaulting or obstructing police officers, and 170 had been accused of using deadly weapons in the siege.
    Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • After receiving the loan, IGNITE received forgiveness of the total loan amount and more than $7,000 in interest, authorities said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
  • With debt forgiveness, the end goal is to come to an agreement with your creditors to pay less than the full balance in return for a lump sum payment on the account.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • During remission, the amount of blood and protein leaking into your urine because of IgA nephropathy drops.
    Brandi Jones, Health, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The year began with Kate Middleton's remission news and Beyoncé's historic win at the Grammys.
    Emma Banks, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • His critics say that a man who fired a shot into a crowd deserves no absolution, regardless of his prior service to the country.
    Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Peter has trapped his sibling in a vicious cycle of need, one meant to foster some form of absolution for his secrets.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Jackson, who famously won an acquittal in the murder trial of Karen Read and represented disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein, did not explain his decision to withdraw from the case.
    Matt Gutman, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • His second trial ended in a conviction on the Mimi Haley count, an acquittal on the Kaja Sokola count and a mistrial on the Mann count.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Capote finds little vindication there.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Sunderland’s stalemate at home against Manchester City was more creditable again, and vindication of their approach to the transfer market is the fact that departures to the Africa Cup of Nations haven’t knocked them out of their stride.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
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“Compurgation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compurgation. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.

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