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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exonerate \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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
exonerate
v : pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was
cleared of the murder charges" [syn: {acquit}, {assoil},
{clear}, {discharge}, {exculpate}] [ant: {convict}]
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