exonerate

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Scrabble points: 16
Words With Friends: 17
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/

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/ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/ · /ɛɡ-/ · /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/

Definition of exonerate

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

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

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verb

(archaic, transitive)To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
(obsolete, reflexive)Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).

“I would examine the Caſpian Sea, and ſee where and how it exonerates it ſelfe, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxares, Oxus, and thoſe great rivers; at the mouth of Oby, or where?”
(transitive)To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
(transitive)To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

adj

(archaic)Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

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Etymology

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From Middle English exoneraten (attested in past participle exonerated), from Latin exonerātus, past perfect participle of exonerō (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exonerō is from ex- (“out, from”) + onerō (“to burden, lade; to load”) further from onus (oner-) (“a burden, load”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os (“burden, load”), from *h₃enh₂- (“to charge, onerate”). Compare French exonérer.

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