pardoned

forgiveness

Releasing resentment toward offenders

• forgivenGranted mercy for wrongdoing
• absolvedFreed from guilt
• excusedReleased from duty

exonerated · clemency · mercy · compassion · leniency · grace · reconciliation · understanding · empathy · forbearance

absolution

Formal clearing of guilt

• atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
• redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
• salvationDeliverance from harm

grace · repentance · confession · penance · sin · forgiven · cleansed · purified · sanctified · delivered

acquitted

Declared legally innocent

• exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
• clearedFound not guilty
• commutedTraveled regularly to work

reprieved · clemency · gubernatorial · presidential · executive · expungement · sentence · conviction · court · appeal

amnesty

Group pardon from authorities

• immunityProtected from harm
• exemptionRelease from requirement
• politicalOf government matters

prisoners · dissidents · refugees · war crimes · draft dodgers · reconciliation · truth commission · repatriation · exile · rehabilitation

excused

Released from duty

• overlookedNot noticed or considered
• let slideChoose not to address
• brushed offCurtly dismissed or ignored

dismissed · tolerated · ignored · disregarded

• redemptionredemption arc, redeemed, forgiven, saved, moral redemption
• freefree, freed, liberated, released, unchained
• reconciliationreconciliation, reconcile, reconciled, reconciling, making up
• restoredrestored, recovered, rebuilt, renewed, revived
• accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
• turkeysturkey, turkeys, gobbler, tom, hen