exonerate
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪɡˈzɒn.ə.reɪt/us/ɪɡˈzɑː.nɚ.eɪt/to show orstatethat someone or something is notguiltyof something:
证明…无罪;宣布…无罪;使免受责备Thereportexonerated thecrewfromallresponsibilityfor thecollision.报告证明机组人员对飞机相撞事件不负任何责任。
Synonyms
clear
exculpateformal
Opposite
convict
Compare
acquit
not responsible for doing something bad or wrong
- innocentI don't know if they are innocent or guilty.
- blamelessShe is not entirely blameless in the matter.
- guiltlessHe's not exactly guiltless in this matter - she helped the robber escape.
- acquittedThe two men were acquitted of her murder.
- exoneratedThe exonerated prisoners banded together and sued the judge who had falsely convicted all of them.
Innocent
- accuse
- acquit
- acquittal
- be above/beyond reproachidiom
- be in the clearidiom
- beat
- beat the rapidiom
- clear
- come up/out smelling of rosesidiom
- culpability
- culpably
- exculpate
- exculpatory
- innocence
- innocent
- innocently
- reproach
- responsibility
- responsible
- smell