exonerationn.
/ɛɡˌzɒnəˈreɪʃən/ The action of exonerating.† 1. The action of discharging or relieving the contents of the bowels, etc.; evacuation; the action of disburdening nature. Const. of. Obsolete.
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the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [noun]
purgationa1387
shitting1386
officec1395
outpassinga1398
subduction?a1425
easementa1438
cuckingc1440
siegea1475
evacuation?1533
stool1541
egestion1547
dunging1558
purging1579
stooling1599
cackc1600
motion1602
dejection1605
excretion1640
exclusion1646
purgament1650
exoneration1651
disenteration1654
orduring1654
crapping1673
passage1681
seat1697
opening1797
defecation1825
excreting1849
poopc1890
movement1891
job1899
shit?1927
crap1937
dump1942
soiling1943
gick1959
jobbie1981
pooh1981
1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. vi. 24 Some [appetites] are born with men; as..Appetite of excretion and exoneration.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra iii. iv. §12 The Body..is adapted unto Eating, Drinking, Nutrition, Coition, and otherways of Repletion and Exoneration.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xi. 123 In each Cabbin, is a Kitchin and a Place for Exoneration.
1786 S. Henley Notes in tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 239 The ablution and prayer indispensably required on the exoneration of nature.
2. The action of disburdening or relieving, or the state of being relieved from a duty, office, obligation, payment, etc.; also, from blame or reproach; an instance of this, a formal discharge. Const. of. In Scots Law: see exoner v.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [noun] > release from duty or obligation
remission?1316
loosingc1357
releasec1390
releasing1395
discharginga1398
defeasance1399
quittancea1400
acquittancec1405
discharge1423
absolution1447
acquittinga1450
quietance1451
excusationc1475
relief1496
acquittal?1538
releasement1548
ease1576
excuse1577
relievement1583
excusal1584
exoneration1640
dispensation1653
absolvement1689
1640 in J. Nicholson Minute Bk. War Comm. Covenanters Kirkcudbright 13 Nov. (1855) 90 And the coppie thairof delyverit to thame for thair exoneratione.
1641 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll.: Third Pt. (1692) I. 372 To receive account of all Commissions granted..and grant Exonerations thereupon.
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 211 in Justice Vindicated An act concerning the exoneration of the Kings subjects from exactions and impositions.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) x. 229 Papers had been prepared by the Commissioners of Estate and Kirk for their exoneration.
1866 Times 6 Aug. (advt.) A Process of Multiplepoinding and Exoneration has been instituted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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