| Main Entry: | palliation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief |
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abatement, allayment, alleviation, amelioration, appeasement, assistance, assuagement, balm, break*, breather, cheer, comfort, comforting, consolation, contentment, cure, deliverance, diversion, ease, easement, extrication, fix*, hand, happiness, help, letup, lift, lightening, load off one's mind, maintenance, mitigation, mollification, palliative, quick fix, refreshment, release, remission, reprieve, respite, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, softening, solace, succor, support, sustenance |
| Main Entry: | forgiveness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pardon; end of blame |
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absolution, acquittal, amnesty, charity, clemency, compassion, condonation, dispensation, exculpation, exoneration, extenuation, grace, immunity, impunity, indemnity, justification, lenience, lenity, mercy, overlooking, palliation, purgation, quarter, quittance, remission, remittal, reprieve, respite, vindication |
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accusation, blame, censure, charge, punishment, sentence |
| Main Entry: | justification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reason, excuse |
Synonyms: |
absolution, account, acquittal, advocacy, answer, apologia, apology, approval, argument, basis, confirmation, defense, exculpation, exoneration, explanation, extenuation, grounds, idea, mitigation, palliation, palliative, plea, pretext, raison d'être, rationale, rationalization, rebuttal, redemption, reply, response, salvation, sanctification, song and dance, story, support, validation, vindication, warrant, whatfor, wherefore, whitewashing, whole idea, why and wherefore |
| Main Entry: | plea |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excuse, defense |
Synonyms: |
action, alibi, allegation, apology, argument, cause, claim, cop-out, explanation, extenuation, fish tale, justification, mitigation, out, palliation, pleading, pretext, rationalization, right, song and dance, story, vindication, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
decision, sentence |
| Main Entry: | reprieve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief of blame, responsibility |
Synonyms: |
abatement, abeyance, absolution, acquittal, alleviation, amnesty, anchor*, clearance, clemency, commute, deferment, freeing, let-up, lifeboat, lifesaver, mitigation, palliation, pardon, postponement, release, remission, respite, spring*, stay, suspension, truce |
| Main Entry: | alleviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief |
Synonyms: |
abatement, assuagement, comfort, ease, easement, mitigation, palliation, palliative, remedy, salving |
| Main Entry: | assuagement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | relief |
Synonyms: |
abatement, alleviation, appeasement, easement, mitigation, mollification, palliation |
| Main Entry: | alleviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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| Main Entry: | justification |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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apologetic, defensible, exculpatory, excusable, justifiable, palliative, pardonable, plausible, specious, veniable, venial, vindicated, vindicating, vindicative, vindicatory
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| Concept: | Forgiveness. |
| Category: | 2. Retrospective sympathetic affections |
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-nouns
forgiveness, pardon, condonation, grace, remission, absolution, amnesty, oblivion; indulgence; reprieve., conciliation; reconcilement; reconciliation (pacification); propitiation., excuse, exoneration, quittance, release, indemnity; bill of indemnity, act of indemnity, covenant of indemnity, deed of indemnity; exculpation (acquittal)., longanimity, placability; amantium irae; locus paenitentiae; forbearance.
-verbs
forgive, forgive and forget; pardon, condone, think no more of, let bygones be bygones, shake hands; forget an injury., excuse, pass over, overlook; wink at (neglect); bear with; allow for, make allowances for; let one down easily, not be too hard upon, pocket the affront., let off, remit, absolve, give absolution, reprieve; acquit., beg pardon, ask pardon, implore pardon; conciliate, propitiate, placate; make up a quarrel (pacify); let the wound heal.
-adjectives
forgiving, placable, conclliatory,., forgiven; unresented, unavenged, unrevenged.
-adverbs
cry you mercy.
-phrases
veniam petimusque damusque vicissim [Horace]; more in sorrow than in anger; comprendre tout c'est tout pardonner; "the offender never pardons" [Herbert].
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