exonerate

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Plain form
exonerate

Third-person singular
exonerates

Past tense
exonerated

Past participle
exonerated

Present participle
exonerating

  1. (transitive) If an authority exonerates a person, it frees the person from their obligation or responsibility.
  2. (transitive) If an authority exonerates a person, it absolves the person from blame.