- exonerate someone from
- release someone from (a duty or obligation).
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exonerate someone from
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exonerate — [ɪg zɒnəreɪt, ɛg ] verb 1》 officially absolve from blame. 2》 (exonerate someone from) release someone from (a duty or obligation). Derivatives exoneration noun exonerative adjective Origin ME: from L. exonerat , exonera … English new terms dictionary
exonerate — UK US /ɪgˈzɒnəreɪt/ verb [T] FORMAL LAW ► to show or say officially that someone or something is not guilty of something: »We have proof which will completely exonerate him. exonerate sb from sth »I do not wholly exonerate her from blame.… … Financial and business terms
exonerate — ► VERB 1) officially absolve from blame. 2) (exonerate from) release (someone) from (a duty or obligation). DERIVATIVES exoneration noun. ORIGIN Latin exonerare free from a burden … English terms dictionary
exonerate — UK [ɪɡˈzɒnəreɪt] / US [ɪɡˈzɑnəˌreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms exonerate : present tense I/you/we/they exonerate he/she/it exonerates present participle exonerating past tense exonerated past participle exonerated formal to officially state or … English dictionary
exonerate — ex|on|er|ate [ ıg zanə,reıt ] verb transitive FORMAL to officially state or prove that someone is not to blame for something: CLEAR: The evidence completely exonerates the President. exonerate someone of/from something: The report did not… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
exonerate — verb (T) to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not responsible for it: The report did not exonerate the social workers involved in the Cleveland child abuse case. | exonerate sb from/of: Recent medical evidence has … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
exonerate — ex|on|e|rate [ıgˈzɔnəreıt US ıgˈza: ] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of exonerare, from onus load ] to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not guilty exonerate sb from/of sth ▪ He was… … Dictionary of contemporary English
exonerate — [[t]ɪgzɒ̱nəreɪt[/t]] exonerates, exonerating, exonerated VERB If a court, report, or person in authority exonerates someone, they officially say or show that that person is not responsible for something wrong or unpleasant that has happened.… … English dictionary
exonerate — verb /ɪkˈsɒnəɹeɪt/ a) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the… … Wiktionary
let someone off — 1 (informal) I ll let you off this time: PARDON, forgive, grant an amnesty to; deal leniently with, be merciful to, have mercy on; acquit, absolve, exonerate, clear, vindicate; … Useful english dictionary
