What does "exonerate" mean?
Exonerate: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball. Syn. - To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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