What does exonerate mean?

Definitions for exonerate
ɪgˈzɒn əˌreɪtex·on·er·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpateverb

    pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

    "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"

Wiktionary

  1. exonerateverb

    To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).

  2. exonerateverb

    Of a body of water, to discharge (oneself), empty oneself.

  3. exonerateverb

    To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.

  4. exonerateverb

    To free from accusation or blame.

  5. Etymology: From the participle stem of exonerare.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To EXONERATEverb

    To unload; to disburthen; to free from any heavy charge.

    Etymology: exonero, Latin.

    The glands being a congeries of vessels curled, circumgyrated, and complicated, give the blood time to separate through the capillary vessels into the secretory ones, which afterwards all exonerate themselves into one common ductus. John Ray.

Wikipedia

  1. exonerate

    Exoneration occurs when the conviction for a crime is reversed, either through demonstration of innocence, a flaw in the conviction, or otherwise. Attempts to exonerate convicts are particularly controversial in death penalty cases, especially where new evidence is put forth after the execution has taken place. The transitive verb, "to exonerate" can also mean to informally absolve one from blame. The term "exoneration" also is used in criminal law to indicate a surety bail bond has been satisfied, completed, and exonerated. The judge orders the bond exonerated; the clerk of court time stamps the original bail bond power and indicates exonerated as the judicial order.

ChatGPT

  1. exonerate

    Exonerate typically means to officially absolve someone from blame or fault, particularly in a legal context. It refers to the act of freeing someone from a responsibility, obligation, or guilt resulting from a wrongdoing or crime. Essentially, to exonerate is to declare someone not guilty of a crime or accusation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exonerateverb

    to unload; to disburden; to discharge

  2. Exonerateverb

    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. Exonerateverb

    to discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Exonerate

    egz-on′ėr-āt, v.t. to free from the burden of blame or obligation: to acquit.—n. Exonerā′tion, act of exonerating or freeing from a charge or blame.—adj. Exon′erative, freeing from a burden or obligation. [L. exonerāre, -ātumex, from, onus, oneris, burden.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exonerate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exonerate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of exonerate in a Sentence

  1. Hector Villagra:

    Body cameras won't solve every problem in policing. But having video of police officers' interactions with the public will help hold officers' accountable for misconduct, quickly exonerate officers who are wrongly accused, and help the public understand the powers we give police and how they use them.

  2. Mike Turner:

    If your report is to the attorney general and the attorney general doesnt have the power to exonerate and he does not -- he knows that you do not have that power, you dont have to tell him that youre not exonerating the president. He knows this already. So then that kind of changes the context of the report, the attorney general has the power to exonerate? He has not been given that authority.

  3. Warren Blake:

    Based on what we have heard, we expect that a suitable explanation will be given, the explanation and the( independent) test that has been done seem that they might, in my opinion, exonerate the athlete.

  4. Ammon Bundy:

    We believe we have enough of this to exonerate the Hammonds, if that is the only thing that is accomplished, then it will be well worth our effort.

  5. Pamela Mackey:

    I'm thrilled to work with Jose Baez and Ronald Sullivan who are friends, and as Pamela Mackey said, Harvey Weinstein is innocent and we are here to exonerate Harvey Weinstein.

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  • أبرئArabic
  • освобождавам от задължение, оправдавамBulgarian
  • ospravedlnitCzech
  • abfließen, entlasten, entleeren, freisprechen, abnehmen, ausleeren, entbinden, erleichtern, lossprechen, befreienGerman
  • exonerar, exculparSpanish
  • اخراجPersian
  • vapauttaaFinnish
  • disculperFrench
  • 무죄하다Korean
  • vrijspreken, ontheffenDutch
  • оправдать, опустошиться, разгружать, оправдывать, освободить, опустошаться, разгрузить, освобождатьRussian
  • rentvå, frikännaSwedish
  • ปลดเปลื้องภาระThai
  • звільнятиUkrainian
  • 开脱Chinese

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