Meaning of EXONERATE
| Pronunciation: | | ig'zânu`reyt
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| | Definition: | | [v] pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" |
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| | Synonyms: | | acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exculpate |
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| | Antonyms: | | convict | | |
| | See Also: | | judge, label, pronounce, purge, vindicate, whitewash | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Definition: | | Removal of a charge, responsibility, or duty. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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