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Webster 1913 Edition


Exoneration

Ex-onˊer-a′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
exoneratio
: cf. F.
Exonération
.]
The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Exoneration

EXONERA'TION

,
Noun.
The act of disburdening or discharging; the act of freeing from a charge or imputation.

Definition 2024


exoneration

exoneration

See also: exonération

English

Noun

exoneration (plural exonerations)

  1. An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
    • 1845, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge
      This animal, like the camel, is domable, and will carry from seven to nine stone; it will fall on its knees for the convenient reception and exoneration of its burden.
    • 2007 May 14, Patrick Mcgeehan, “New York Plan for DNA Data in Most Crimes”, in New York Times:
      Mr. Spitzer’s proposal also calls for the creation of a state office that would be responsible for studying all cases that resulted in exonerations and looking for flaws in the system that led to those wrongful convictions.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

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