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Exonerate

/ɛɡ-/

To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).

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📖 Definitions of "Exonerate"

verb

1
To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
2
Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
3
To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
4
To free from accusation or blame.

adjective

1
Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

🔄 Synonyms of "Exonerate"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
dischargenoun	To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
acquitverb	(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
assoilverb	(archaic) To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
exculpateverb	To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.

↔️ Antonyms of "Exonerate"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
convictnoun	(transitive, law) To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Exonerate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
dischargeverb	To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
exculpateverb	To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
assoilverb	(archaic) To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
acquitverb	(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
relinquishverb	(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
waiveverb	(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.
waiververb	(transitive) To waive (to relinquish, to forego).
absolveverb	(transitive) To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt.
releaseverb	(software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
relieveverb	(transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
excuseverb	(countable, uncountable) An explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgment; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault.
justifyverb	(transitive) To provide an acceptable explanation for.
exemptverb	Free from a duty, obligation, rule, law, etc.
shieldverb	(ambitransitive) To protect, to defend.
whitewashverb	(transitive) To paint (a building, a wall, etc.) a bright white with whitewash (noun noun, sense 1).
exhonorateverb	Misspelling of exonerate. [(transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).]
unchargeverb	(transitive, archaic) To free from a charge or load; to unload or unburden.
disburdenverb	(transitive) To rid of a burden; to free from a load carried; to unload.
unburdenverb	(transitive) To free from burden, or relieve from trouble.