Correct Option: A

acquitted (Verb) : to decide and state officially in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime
convicted (Verb) : to decide and state officially in court that somebody is guilty of a crime
pardoned (Adjective) : excused; forgave
exempted (Verb) : to give or get somebody’s official permission not to do something or not to pay something he would normally have to do or pay
liberated (Verb) : to free a country or a person from the control of somebody else