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Exoneration definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXONERA'TION, n. The act of disburdening or discharging; the act of freeing from a charge or imputation.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
2: the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.; "friends provided a vindication of his position" [syn: vindication, exoneration]

Merriam Webster's

noun see exonerate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Exoneration Ex*on`er*a"tion, n. [L. exoneratio: cf. F. Exon['e]ration.] The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see exonerate

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Exculpation, acquittal, clearance, justification, vindication. 2. Release, absolution, discharge, exemption, exception, liberation, letting off.

Moby Thesaurus

absolution, acquittal, acquittance, amnesty, clearance, clearing, compurgation, destigmatization, destigmatizing, discharge, disculpation, dismissal, exculpation, excuse, exemption, forgiveness, grace, immunity, indemnity, pardon, purgation, purging, quietus, quittance, redemption, release, remission, remission of sin, reprieve, shrift, sparing, verdict of acquittal, vindication