exonerate
ig zo nuh rayt
- v pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
- His dignity and honor was restored when he was exonerated of all the charges.
- To exonerate him completely cast doubt on the entire proceedings and has done much over the years to deepen Japan's collective amnesia about the crimes of its military.
- The judge had served Vichy and may have thought he could exonerate himself by condemning Brasillach; the jurors were veterans of the Resistance he had denounced so furiously.