Found 2 items, similar to Exonerating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exonerate
exonerate
v : pronounce not guilty of criminal charges;
“The suspect was
cleared of the murder charges” [syn:
acquit,
assoil,
clear,
discharge,
exculpate] [ant:
convict]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exonerating
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.]
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All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
--Ray.
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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.
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3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See
Absolve.
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