compurgation

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.

Similar words

oath-helping purgation acquitment acquittance acquittal acquital approvement absolution exoneration exculpation

Often followed by

and was in or by of for as is

Word family

compurgations