'Exonerated' definitions:
Definition of 'exonerated'
From: WordNet
adjective
Freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated" [syn: absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated]
Definition of 'Exonerated'
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]
Definition of 'exonerated'
From: GCIDE
- exonerated \exonerated\ adj. same as exculpated.
- Syn: absolved, cleared, exculpated, vindicated. [WordNet 1.5]