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exonerated
1. adj. Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted.
exonerate
1. v. (transitive, now rare) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
2. v. (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
3. v. To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
4. v. To free from accusation or blame.
5. adj. (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

Example Sentences

None of these groups is entirely exonerated by the report, even if some of them will be able to cite specific passages which clear them on particular charges.

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