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exoner, v. Sc.|ɛgˈzəʊnə(r)|
[ad. Fr. exonér-er, ad. L. exonerāre: see exonerate v.]
= exonerate in various senses: To relieve from a burden; to free from responsibility, liability, or blame. Now only in Sc. Law.
1533Bellenden Livy ii. (1822) 149 Commanding the saidis consulis to exoner thaimself of all auctorite. 1582in Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 323 They..should be exonered of all Action, civil or criminal. 1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Epist. C, You shall neither convince your Adversaries, nor yet exoner your owne consciences. 1753Scots Mag. XV. 86/1 She hath exonered herself. 1866Times 6 Aug. Advt., For the purpose of having the Trust Funds..divided..and the pursuers exonered of the said trust. 1881Daily Tel. 16 Feb., Thereafter to exoner and discharge him of his office and management as judicial factor. |