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1. (v.t.) exonerate
to clear from accusation, guilt, or blame.
2. exonerate
to relieve from an obligation, duty, or task.
Etymology: (1515–25; late ME < L exonerātus, ptp. of exonerāre to unburden, discharge =ex-ex -1+onerāre to load)
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1. (verb) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate
pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
"The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
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1. (verb) exonerate
to unload; to disburden; to discharge
2. (verb) exonerate
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
3. (verb) exonerate
to discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball
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