Unlike reparations, the idea of compensation does not imply guilt.
One is that the very appointment of a special prosecutor is a politically traumatic affair and implies guilt.
Do we still recognize any ethical press obligation not to imply guilt before the accused is convicted?
To be meek was intolerable to me and also foolish, for it might imply guilt where I certainly felt none.
Reparation is redress for an inflicted wrong and implies legal guilt.
But a confession to me - admittedly a plain, simple person - implies guilt.
Rather than accept a pardon, which would imply guilt, the priests had the charges dropped against them in return for agreeing to leave the country.
A subpoena is a request for information by the Government, and does not imply guilt.
The payment of reparations would imply guilt and liability.
But the Foreign Office said: 'The decision in no way implies guilt.