exonerate
Syllables: ex·o·ner·ateUK/ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt//ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/
exonerate verb: to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
Verb
exonerate (third-person singular simple present exonerates, present participle exonerating, simple past and past participle exonerated)
- To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
- Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
- I would examine the Caſpian Sea, and ſee where and how it exonerates it ſelfe, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxares, Oxus, and thoſe great rivers; at the mouth of Oby, or where?1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
- To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
- Synonyms:
- absolve
- To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
- Synonyms:
- acquit, exculpate, vindicate, acquittance, assoil, assoilzie, absolve, clear, disculp, disculpate
Adjective
exonerate (comparative more exonerate, superlative most exonerate)
- Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
exonerate meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
exonerate in Tamil
- குற்றச்சாட்டினின்று விடுவி, குற்றமில்லையெனத் தெளிவுபடுத்து
exonerate in Bengali
- দোষমুক্ত করা, দায়মুক্তি দেওয়া, অভিযোগ থেকে খালাস দেওয়া
exonerate in Malayalam
- കുറ്റവിമുക്തമാക്കുക, നിരപരാധിയായി പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കുക, ബാദ്ധ്യതയിൽനിന്നൊഴിവാക്കുക, കുറ്റവിമോചനം ചെയ്യുക
exonerate in Kannada
- ನಿರಪರಾಧಿಯೆಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸು, ನಿರ್ದೋಷಗೊಳಿಸು, ದೋಷವಿಮುಕ್ತವಾಗಿಸು, ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡು, ಆಪಾದನೆಯಿಂದ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಮಾಡು, ತಪ್ಪಿಲ್ಲವೆಂದು ಸಾರು
More languagesFewer languages
- exonerate in Persian
- تبرئه کردن tabra'e kardan
Synonyms of exonerate
Forms of exonerate
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | exonerates |
| present participle | exonerating |
| past participle | exonerated |
| past | exonerated |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more exonerate |
| superlative | most exonerate |
Origin of exonerate
From Middle English exoneraten (attested in past participle exonerated), from Latin exonerātus, past perfect participle of exonerō (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exonerō is from ex- (“out, from”) + onerō (“to burden, lade; to load”) further from onus (oner-) (“a burden, load”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os (“burden, load”), from *h₃enh₂- (“to charge, onerate”). Compare French exonérer.
Learned borrowing from Latin exonerātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Words formed from exonerate
Questions about exonerate
- What does exonerate mean?
- Exonerate means to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
- What is exonerate in Tamil?
- Exonerate in Tamil is குற்றச்சாட்டினின்று விடுவி, குற்றமில்லையெனத் தெளிவுபடுத்து. See Exonerate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is exonerate?
- Exonerate can be a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce exonerate?
- Exonerate is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of exonerate?
- The past tense of exonerate is exonerated.
Words near exonerate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: exonerate (page history and authors); exonerate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Exonerate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exonerate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exonerate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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