Exonerative (Adjective)
Meaning
Providing absolution.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The jury's verdict was exonerative, completely clearing the defendant of all wrongdoing.
- The victim's testimony proved exonerative, releasing the wrongly accused man from suspicion.
- The documentary presented new evidence that was exonerative of the death row inmate's innocence.
- The CEO's statement was meant to be exonerative, shifting blame from the company to a lone rogue employee.
- The Pope's visit was exonerative, granting absolution to those who had been unjustly ostracized by their community.