Cleanse and Exonerate

Cleanse

Cleanse verb - To free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially.
Usage example: in an elaborate ritual the priestess cleansed the gathering of supplicants

Exonerate and cleanse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exonerate" instead a verb "Cleanse".

Exonerate

Exonerate verb - To free from a charge of wrongdoing.

Cleanse and exonerate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cleanse" instead a verb "Exonerate".

Common collocations

name cleanse name exonerate name
world cleanse world exonerate world
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