exonerate
to free a person from blame
TRANSLATION
exonerate = jmd. entlasten, befreien, freisprechen --- GOOGLE INDEX exonerate: approximately 600,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Jamaica's leader asked President Barack Obama on Thursday to EXONERATE black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted in the U.S. of mail fraud in the 1920s.
(New York Times)
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After nearly eight centuries of accusing the black rat for spreading the bubonic plague, scientists say they have compelling evidence to EXONERATE the much-maligned rodent. In the process, they’ve identified a new culprit: gerbils.
(Washington Post)
(New York Times)
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After nearly eight centuries of accusing the black rat for spreading the bubonic plague, scientists say they have compelling evidence to EXONERATE the much-maligned rodent. In the process, they’ve identified a new culprit: gerbils.
(Washington Post)
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exonerate
verb
- to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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To exonerate someone is to declare that they are not guilty of something, usually of criminal charges. In the United States where long prison terms are common and where many states have the death penalty, there have been several high-profile exonerations involving people who spent sometimes decades in prison or on death row, only to be released because of new evidence proving their innocence.
Exonerate can also be applied to other less-serious situations where a person has been blamed for a wrong-doing (Since he was in another building at the time, John was exonerated after being accused of drinking the last of the coffee and leaving the pot empty).
Exonerate is a 16th century term that stems from the Latin exoneratus, the past participle of exonerare, which means to "remove a burden, discharge, unload." Exonerare in turn is constructed from ex (off) and onerare (unload; overload, oppress), which is from onus, a common English word synonymous with "responsibility." Onus is normally used as part of prepositional phrase such as "The onus is on John to make sure there is enough coffee for everyone."
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SYNONYMS
absolve, acquit, discharge, dismiss, exempt, exculpate, free, let off the hook, liberate, release, vindicate
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"Even though he was exonerated from stealing, his reputation was ruined."
verb
- to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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To exonerate someone is to declare that they are not guilty of something, usually of criminal charges. In the United States where long prison terms are common and where many states have the death penalty, there have been several high-profile exonerations involving people who spent sometimes decades in prison or on death row, only to be released because of new evidence proving their innocence.
Exonerate can also be applied to other less-serious situations where a person has been blamed for a wrong-doing (Since he was in another building at the time, John was exonerated after being accused of drinking the last of the coffee and leaving the pot empty).
Exonerate is a 16th century term that stems from the Latin exoneratus, the past participle of exonerare, which means to "remove a burden, discharge, unload." Exonerare in turn is constructed from ex (off) and onerare (unload; overload, oppress), which is from onus, a common English word synonymous with "responsibility." Onus is normally used as part of prepositional phrase such as "The onus is on John to make sure there is enough coffee for everyone."
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SYNONYMS
absolve, acquit, discharge, dismiss, exempt, exculpate, free, let off the hook, liberate, release, vindicate
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Even though he was exonerated from stealing, his reputation was ruined."
