Exonerate /(?)/

Ex·on·er·ate

Exonerate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating

  1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
    All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
  2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.
  3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.