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Exonerate (Verb)

Meaning

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Examples

  • The DNA evidence collected at the crime scene helped to exonerate the wrongly accused man.
  • After a thorough investigation, the district attorney's office was compelled to exonerate the suspect due to lack of concrete evidence.
  • The forensic analysis of the fingerprints lifted from the scene exonerated the suspect of any wrongdoing.
  • Newly discovered testimony from an eyewitness helped to exonerate the defendant of the charges brought against him.
  • A decade after the conviction, the discovery of new evidence led the appeals court to exonerate the wrongly imprisoned woman.

Synonyms

  • Discharge
  • Exculpate
  • Assoil
  • Acquit
  • Clear

Hypernyms

  • Pronounce
  • Judge
  • Label

Hyponyms

  • Vindicate
  • Whitewash
  • Purge

Related Words

  • Exonerative (adjective)
  • Exoneration (noun)
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