exonerate
verbEtymology
From Middle English exoneraten (attested in past participle exonerated), from Latin exonerātus, past perfect participle of exonerō (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exonerō is from ex- (“out, from”) + onerō (“to burden, lade; to load”) further from onus (oner-) (“a burden, load”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os (“burden, load”), from *h₃enh₂- (“to charge, onerate”). Compare French exonérer.
- derived from exonerātus
- inherited from exoneraten
Definitions
To relieve (someone or something) of a load
To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
Of a body of water
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?
To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
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To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
Freed from an obligation
Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
The neighborhood
- neighborexoneration
- neighborexonerator
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for exonerate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA