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exonerating
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All ...
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vb. (present participle of exonerate English)
Usage examples of exonerating.
But the investigation would show that the Impact and the Undulant were intruders in the Sibilant zone, exonerating the Sibilant.
Had the Spican been the spy, it would have accused one of the others instead of exonerating them.
As is always the case with surprise confessions allegedly exonerating convicted criminals, Reyes faces no penalty for this confession.
Ultimately, the investigation of Johnson led nowhere, and two weeks after the kidnapping, Schwarzkopf made a public statement exonerating Johnson.