Cleared
Pardoned
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The tropes may overlap, though, if the character is called out for their crimes as they happen, yet unceremoniously pardoned after their name is cleared.
Source: Not Helping Your Case -
Some Harry Potter fanfics where Sirius Black's name is cleared have it described as him being pardoned.
Source: The Pardon - Drummond will have nothing of it and tells Arnold he's permanently grounded; of course by episode's end, things are cleared up and Arnold is pardoned.
Source: Grounded Forever
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Pardoned and Cleared. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleared/pardoned
Cleared & Pardoned. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleared/pardoned>.
Pardoned or Cleared. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cleared/pardoned.
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