compurgation

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Noun
  • Trump has suggested that the pardons Biden signed using the technology should be considered null and void.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025
  • His pardon came after years of pressure on Egypt’s government from his family, that included long hunger strikes by Abd El-Fattah and his mother, Laila Soueif, who is a professor of math at Cairo University.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Immediate forgiveness – a message of letting go of the anger that comes with being so terribly wronged – has a familiar sound to those who have been following a frighteningly violent news cycle.
    Andy Rose, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Recently, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has also taken legal action against the Department of Education, alleging that the administration has unlawfully delayed or denied access to loan forgiveness programs, such as IDR and PSLF.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The transplant took place after Nick had already received a stem cell donation from his older brother, but the acute myeloid leukemia resurged after two and a half years of remission.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In a trial, patients who had failed four or more lines of treatment—people for whom options had essentially run out—achieved overall response rates above 70%, with nearly half entering complete remission.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Needless to say, the current White House occupant, an actual member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (though Emmy-less himself), is offering no such absolution.
    Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That translucent fable of absolution is now being challenged, in Riefenstahl’s own words, by way of an audaciously illuminating documentary from native German writer-director, Andres Veiel, who gained unprecedented access to the late subject’s estate.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Days before Diddy was set to appear in court for his sentencing, Judge Subramanian rejected the rapper's last-ditch request for a new trial and demand for a full acquittal.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Tracy Wright , Maria Paronich , Kirill Clark, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Repeatedly failing to get bail or a new trial or acquittal, Combs has been teaching a life coach class to fellow inmates while incarcerated in Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center since September 2024.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Arteta has been criticised for having a ‘safety-first’ approach, but the numbers offer him some vindication.
    James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That’s a vindication story that would really make millions of viewers happy.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Compurgation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compurgation. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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