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compurgations

noun

plural of compurgation
as in exculpations

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  1. acquittals
  2. exonerations
  3. remissions
  4. pardons
Noun
  • According to Ghaemi, the IRGC’s intelligence agency has consolidated control over interrogations, detention centers, judges, and prosecutors, and the proof is in the lack of acquittals.
    — Laura Secor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2026
  • However, many cases where charges were brought against activists have been dismissed or resulted in acquittals.
    — Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 10 June 2026
Definition of acquittals
Noun
  • Experts told me some prosecutors around the country were using the obscure plea as a tool to thwart exonerations.
    — Megan Rose, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The law isn’t perfect, raising several barriers to testing, but still, DNA evidence has featured in 17 of Florida’s 30 death row exonerations.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Definition of exonerations
Noun
  • By simultaneously hitting three or more targets, these agents promise not only deeper responses but potentially longer remissions in some of the hardest-to-treat cancers.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Definition of remissions
Noun
  • Other presidential powers include the negotiation of treaties and the granting of pardons.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The president has also drawn scrutiny for issuing pardons to people who have publicly supported him or have business ties to him, but his pardon power is separate from the DOJ.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of pardons
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