condonations

noun

plural of condonation
as in exculpations

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  1. pardons
  2. remissions
  3. acquittals
  4. exonerations
Noun
  • His use of the presidency’s sweeping ability to unilaterally grant pardons and commute sentences is among the ways the Republican’s return to office has featured an expansive use of executive power.
    — Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
  • Mo Strategies, which has registered an array of corporate clients, is now expanding into the newly lucrative world of pardons.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Definition of pardons
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Although Simon has never been charged with a crime, many of her former cases are under review and more exonerations are expected, attorneys with the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic told CNN.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 26 Apr. 2026
Definition of exonerations
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