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• n  the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
• n  the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

• It's yet another victory for the Innocence Project, a New York City-based group that uses DNA testing to challenge convictions and is approaching its 200th exoneration nationwide.
• Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on ABC's Good Morning America that Rove has been "remarkably successful" as Bush's closest political adviser, and said the exoneration will .
• ATLANTA: After months as the prime suspect in the Centenial Olympic Park pipe bombing, former security guard Richard Jewell may be close to exoneration.

• vindication

News & Articles

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• PGA Tour seeks dismissal of Vijay Singh’s deer antler spray lawsuit
  Despite the tour’s eventual exoneration of Singh, the three-time major winner contended, in his lawsuit, that the punishment resulted in his being “humiliated, ashamed, ridiculed, scorned and emotionally distraught.”
  June 21, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Daniel Petrocelli in Las Vegas Sun
  This paves the way for a reversal of the convictions of Mr. Skilling and to a complete exoneration,said Daniel Petrocelli, Skilling's lawyer.
• Kofi Annan in USA Today
  I was absolutely confident that a thorough inquiry would clear me of any wrongdoing,Annan told reporters after the release of the report from a commission chaired by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker. "This exoneration .........
• Kwame Kilpatrick in WDIV
  ...response Kilpatrick, reading from a prepared text, said Monday that he is "deeply disappointed" in the Wayne County prosecutor's decision, but he looks forward to "complete exoneration once all the facts in this case are laid forward."