as in pardon
a setting free from a charge of wrongdoing
the accused refused a plea bargain, asserting that he was innocent and would settle for nothing less than complete exoneration
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Shocking Photos of the Violent Riots at the U.S. Capitol The Times also reports that Hemphill may face some legal challenges in rejecting the pardon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Matthew Graves, the now-former U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, said the pardons can’t erase what people witnessed.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Biden administration made two more attempts to enact mass student loan forgiveness.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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Trump has criticized the scope of Biden's student loan forgiveness.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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These services include clearing, agency and execution, market making, hedging, and other investment solutions.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The evening is expected to be mostly cloudy, with gradual clearing and a low of around 26 degrees.—
Matthew Impelli,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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But police hiring picked back up during the height of the war on drugs in the 1980s and again after another inflection point, the unrest that followed the acquittal of four LAPD officers in the 1991 beating of Black motorist Rodney King.—
Libor Jany,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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In 2019, before the acquittal, Mr. Trump pressed Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia to name Mr. Collins to the Senate seat vacated by Johnny Isakson.—
Noah Weiland,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Trump’s many personal grievances—and his obvious delight in the vindication that his victory represents—are what made this Inauguration so different from any of its predecessors, including his first one, eight years ago.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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Peace confines violence to self-defense in vindication of the right of self-preservation.—
Bruce Fein,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Exoneration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exoneration. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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