About The Word Exonerate
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Exonerate
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What's The Definition Of Exonerate?
[v] pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Exonerate: acquit | assoil | clear | discharge | exculpate Related Terms | Find terms related to Exonerate: absolve | acquit | amnesty | clear | decontaminate | destigmatize | disburden | discharge | dismiss | dispense from | exculpate | excuse | exempt | exempt from | forgive | free | give absolution | grant amnesty to | grant forgiveness | grant immunity | grant remission | justify | let go | let off | nonpros | pardon | purge | quash the charge | release | remit | set free | shrive | spare | vindicate | whitewash | withdraw the charge See Also | judge | label | pronounce | purge | vindicate | whitewash Exonerate In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*on"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exonerated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Exonerating}.] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of
exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to
load, onus load. See {Onerous}.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
--Ray.
2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation,
or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something
that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or
imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or
from the charge of avarice. --Burke.
3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See {Absolve}.
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