The pardoning of the racist police officer's crimes demonstrated the truth about "justice" in the United States.
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Pardoning
Synonyms for "pardoning" (19 found)
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Related word relations
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More general
9 entriescharacter traitclemencyexecutive actforgivenesslegal conceptlegal mercymercymoral attributepolicy instrument
More specific
12 entriesamnestyatonementclemencydivine forgivenessforgivenessinformal pardonleniencymercypersonal forgivenesspresidential pardonreprievetoleration
Collocations
14 entriesact of pardoningamnesty provisionclemency powersexecutive pardonexecutive pardoningpardon petitionpardon processpardoning actpardoning decisionpardoning policypardoning powerpardoning processpresidential pardonpresidential pardoning
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
It is said that President Abraham Lincoln’s clemency for a turkey was the origin for the pardoning ceremony that is now so well publicized.
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