compurgations

plural of compurgation

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for compurgations
Noun
  • Two of the cases that went to trial resulted in acquittals, including one that took place in the Eastern District of Virginia.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The acquittals meant Combs was no longer facing the possibility of life in prison.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After enduring a media firestorm, multiple convictions and exonerations, countless interviews and publishing memoirs, Knox is once again sharing her story in Hulu’s The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • False confessions were found in 13% of exonerations.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
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
Noun
  • The President, not anonymous sources, is the final decider on pardons and commutations.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Karl noted how Santos is one of many former congressmen to either be pardoned or receive clemency, prompting Johnson to point to former President Joe Biden’s mass pardons and commutations.
    Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Compurgations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/compurgations. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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