COMPURGATION meaning: Oath-taking to prove innocence

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compurgation)

▸ noun: (now chiefly historical) Acquitting someone from a formal charge or accusation following the sworn oaths of a number of other people; vindication.

Opposite:

incrimination, accusation, conviction

Adjectives:

canonical, refined, old, full, medieval, simple, ecclesiastical, mediaeval, courageous

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