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exonerating

exonerating is the present participle and gerund of exonerate.

Meaning of exonerate

Verb

exonerate (third-person singular simple present exonerates, present participle exonerating, simple past and past participle exonerated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
  2. (obsolete, reflexive) 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...
  3. (transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
    Synonyms:
    absolve
  4. (transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

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Questions about exonerating

What is exonerating the present participle and gerund of?
Exonerating is the present participle and gerund of exonerate.

Words near exonerating in the dictionary

  1. exonerable
  2. exonerate
  3. exonerated
  4. exonerates
  5. exonerateth
  6. exonerating
  7. exoneration
  8. exonerations
  9. exonerative
  10. exonerator
  11. exonerators

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