exonerate
verb
[ ɪɡˈzɒnəreɪt ]
• (of an official body) absolve (someone) from blame for a fault or wrongdoing.
• "an inquiry exonerated those involved"
• release someone from (a duty or obligation).
• "Pope Clement V exonerated the king from his oath to the barons"
Similar:
release,
discharge,
relieve,
free,
liberate,
excuse,
exempt,
except,
let off,
dispense,
Opposite:
hold to,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin exonerat- ‘freed from a burden’, from the verb exonerare, from ex- ‘from’ + onus, oner- ‘a burden’.
