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/ɪgzˈɑnərˌeɪt/ Listen

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Exonerate v. t. (past & past part. exonerated; pres. part. exonerating)

To unload; to disburden; to discharge. (Obs.) "All exonerate themselves into one common duct."

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.

To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.

Synonyms: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.

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"Exonerate" Quotes from Famous Books

... injuring Brown, bent its energies to saving Macdonald from the consequences of his reckless violence. The Liberal members asked for a complete exoneration of Mr. Brown. A supporter of the government was willing to exonerate Brown if Macdonald were allowed to escape without censure. A majority of the committee, however, took refuge in a rambling deliverance, which was sharply attacked in the legislature. Sir Allan MacNab bluntly declared that the charge had been completely ...

— George Brown • John Lewis

... her duty was regarding reporting the leaders in the "racket," if they obstinately refrained from confessing their offense, she could not readily determine. She finally resolved that she would do her utmost to exonerate Jennie without ...

— Katherine's Sheaves • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... for some time that the partners were on the watch for the thief. He had heard them talking about the matter; but he supposed he had managed the case so well as to exonerate himself and implicate Harry, whom he hated ...

— Try Again - or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks • Oliver Optic

... had time to have swung the lead and sang out the marks, before she was on the rocks! It is one of those unforeseen calamities that are inevitable and which can never be prevented by any human foresight. I for one, and I've no doubt every one else here agrees with me, entirely exonerate you ...

— The Wreck of the Nancy Bell - Cast Away on Kerguelen Land • J. C. Hutcheson

... pretended not to understand: just barely dipped my colours, and kept my course. Oh, if I had dreamed that his distress was extreme—that he was on the point of foundering and going down! However, that doesn't exonerate me: I ought to have turned aside to find out. It was a case of criminal negligence. That he, poor man, probably never blamed me, only adds to the burden on my conscience. He had got past blaming people, I dare say, and doubtless ...

— Grey Roses • Henry Harland

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