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exonerated

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ex·on·er·ate  (g-zn-rt)
tr.v. ex·on·er·at·ed, ex·on·er·at·ing, ex·on·er·ates
1. To free from blame.
2. To free from a responsibility, obligation, or task.
[Middle English exoneraten, from Latin exonerre, exonert-, to free from a burden : ex-, ex- + onus, oner-, burden.]
ex·oner·ation n.
ex·oner·ative adj.
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Adj.1.exoneratedexonerated - freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
absolved, exculpated, vindicated, cleared, clear
clean-handed, guiltless, innocent - free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"


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My state of mind regarding the pilfering from which I had been so unexpectedly exonerated, did not impel me to frank disclosure; but I hope it had some dregs of good at the bottom of it.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
It is sufficient that I have been exonerated from the charge.
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Nor, to this day can I permit my manhood to look back upon those events and feel entirely exonerated.
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