Across
- 1. to relieve of blame or obligation; to pardon a sin
- 6. a force or person causing action, especially without being involved
- 7. to forgive
- 8. a quick, witty, sometimes biting reply
- 10. one who argues in support of something
- 11. to turn away (one's eyes)
- 15. to give forms of verbs in a fixed order
- 16. to act as a negotiator between opposing sides in a dispute
- 18. extra
- 19. harsh
- 22. to set up, or to force something (or oneself) on others
- 23. to find something out for certain
- 26. thoroughly remorseful or repentant of one's sins
- 27. tending to delay or postpone
Down
- 2. to upset; to overthrow; to ruin
- 3. foreign
- 4. to relieve of a task; to free from blame
- 5. to go beyond set limits
- 9. to penetrate through spaces
- 12. the right to vote
- 13. excessively willing to yield to others
- 14. characteristic of ordinary conversation rather than formal speech or writing
- 17. to feel or express sorrow or pity
- 20. the condition or point of being joined
- 21. to engage in a quarrel, struggle, or rivalry; to put forward in argument
- 24. unshakable
- 25. a natural talent or ability
