Exonerate is defined as to relieve someone of a duty, or prove innocent.
(verb)An example of exonerate is a manager giving an employee the night off.
See exonerate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb exonerated, exonerating
Origin: < L exoneratus, pp. of exonerare, to disburden < ex-, out + onerare, to load < onus (gen. oneris), a burden: see onus
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transitive verb ex·on·er·at·ed, ex·on·er·at·ing, ex·on·er·ates
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Origin: Middle English exoneraten
Origin: , from Latin exonerāre, exonerāt-, to free from a burden
Origin: : ex-, ex-
Origin: + onus, oner-, burden
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