exonerate
verb (used with object)
to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate.
am exonerating
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present progressiveof exonerate (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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If you tell me who the other was,—if you tell me everything out fully, I will do my utmost to screen her—for of course I guess it was Cynthia—while I am exonerating you.'
From Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
