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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
exonerate
    v 1: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was
         cleared of the murder charges" [syn: acquit, assoil,
         clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate] [ant:
         convict]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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            All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
                                                  --Ray.
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   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.
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   3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.

   Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.
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Thesaurus Results for exonerate:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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