exonerated

[ ig-zon-uh-rey-tid ]

adjective

1. having been cleared of an accusation or freed from blame:

   After years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, the exonerated man walks out of the prison gates and into the light of day.

noun

1. Usually the exonerated. a person or persons who have been cleared of an accusation or freed from blame:

   She is currently the director of a nonprofit that advocates against the death penalty and for the exonerated.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of exonerate ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·ex·on·er·at·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exonerated¹

exonerate ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Vasquez, who has borderline ID, was exonerated in 1989, four years after his conviction.

From The Daily Beast

After spending four years in prison, both were exonerated by an appeals court in 2011.

From The Daily Beast

The hitch was that the genetic profile has to be removed from the database if the person is exonerated.

From The Daily Beast

McCollum learned the truth only after nearly 30 years, as a result of the same DNA test that exonerated both brothers.

From The Daily Beast

And at the same time, while I was developing that, I did a play called The Exonerated.

From The Daily Beast

All wages are explained, and low wages are exonerated, on what seems to be an undeniable ground of fact.

From Project Gutenberg

As to the people on board the vessel, I exonerated them then, and I exonerate them now, from all blame.

From Project Gutenberg

Wilbur fully exonerated Margaret for what she did in the case of Martha Wallingford in the light of this revelation.

From Project Gutenberg

And the reply, 'Her ladyship directed me sir, exonerated Lord Ormont so far.

From Project Gutenberg

The confession therein entirely exonerated Leo, and he could again hold up his head.

From Project Gutenberg

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