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was exonerating

  • past progressive
    of exonerate.
    exonerate
    verb (used with object)
    to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate.

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I don’t think this was exonerating a mass murder.

From Slate Nov. 20, 2021

In saying this, Giuliani appears to have thought that he was exonerating Trump.

From Washington Post May 3, 2018

"I couldn't get on to his trail!" he was exonerating himself.

From The Vehement Flame by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland