exonerate
11exonerate — ex|on|er|ate [ ıg zanə,reıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to officially state or prove that someone is not to blame for something: CLEAR: The evidence completely exonerates the President. exonerate someone of/from something: The report did not… …
12exonerate — verb (T) to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not responsible for it: The report did not exonerate the social workers involved in the Cleveland child abuse case. | exonerate sb from/of: Recent medical evidence has …
13exonerate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exculpate, free, clear, absolve, acquit. See vindication, acquittal. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. absolve, vindicate, justify; see absolve , excuse . See Synonym Study at absolve . III (Roget s 3… …
14exonerate — ex|on|e|rate [ıgˈzɔnəreıt US ıgˈza: ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of exonerare, from onus load ] to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not guilty exonerate sb from/of sth ▪ He was… …
15exonerate — [ɪg zɒnəreɪt, ɛg ] verb 1》 officially absolve from blame. 2》 (exonerate someone from) release someone from (a duty or obligation). Derivatives exoneration noun exonerative adjective Origin ME: from L. exonerat , exonera …
16exonerate someone from — release someone from (a duty or obligation). → exonerate …
17exonerate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin exoneratus, past participle of exonerare to unburden, from ex + oner , onus load Date: 1524 1. to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship 2. to clear from… …
18exonerate — exoneration, n. exonerative, adj. exonerator, n. /ig zon euh rayt /, v.t., exonerated, exonerating. 1. to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating. 2. to relieve, as from… …
19exonerate — verb /ɪkˈsɒnəɹeɪt/ a) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the… …
20exonerate — Synonyms and related words: 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,… …
