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exonerateex‧on‧e‧rate /ɪɡˈzɒnəreɪt $ ɪɡˈzɑː-/ verb [transitive] exonerateOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin past participle of exonerare, from onus ‘load’ VERB TABLEexonerate |
Present | I, you, we, they | exonerate | | he, she, it | exonerates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | exonerated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have exonerated | | he, she, it | has exonerated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had exonerated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will exonerate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have exonerated |
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Present | I | am exonerating | | he, she, it | is exonerating | | you, we, they | are exonerating | Past | I, he, she, it | was exonerating | | you, we, they | were exonerating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been exonerating | | he, she, it | has been exonerating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been exonerating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be exonerating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been exonerating |
- But he was not exonerated either.
- But the signature of all his creditors was needed to exonerate him.
- However, there was no attempt to exonerate the reputation of the dead man.
- I certainly have no intent of exonerating anybody.
- Sometimes he punished himself when others were inclined to exonerate him.
to prove that someone should not be blamed► exonerate/clear to officially show that someone who has been blamed for something is not in fact responsible for it. Exonerate is more formal than clear .: · Simmons was tried and cleared of all charges.· False accusations were made, but he was eventually exonerated. to state officially that someone who has been blamed for something is not guiltyexonerate somebody from/of something He was totally exonerated of any blame.—exoneration /ɪɡˌzɒnəˈreɪʃən $ -ˌzɑː-/ noun [uncountable] |