'Exonerate' definitions:
Definition of 'exonerate'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Exonerate'
From: GCIDE
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
- All exonerate themselves into one common duct. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
- Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'exonerate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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