exonerating
present participle ofexonerate
exonerate
verb[T]
formaluk/ɪɡˈzɒn.ə.reɪt/us/ɪɡˈzɑː.nɚ.eɪt/to show orstatethat someone or something is notguiltyof something:
Thereportexonerated thecrewfromallresponsibilityfor thecollision.
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
- come up/out smelling of rosesidiom
- culpability
- culpably
- exculpate
- exculpatory
- guiltless
- innocence
- innocent
- innocently
- reproach
- responsibility
- smell
- squeaky-clean
Examplesofexonerating
exonerating
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
One is tempted to think that not all of those arguments can be right if they end upexoneratingboth sides to the conflict.
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In contrast, excuses are ex post, individualizedexoneratingfactors that indicate that the wrongdoer was not responsible.
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Some of them followed a standard format proposed by the union, naturallyexoneratingthe leaders of the numerous charges against them.
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Collectively, they provide a convincing case forexoneratingthose charged with failing to make peace at the end of both world wars by highlighting the near impossibility of their task.
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I am by no meansexoneratingthe local authorities completely.
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Each year brings new evidence, all of itexoneratingthe men and none of it implicating them.
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The respondents in the case said that what was required of a refugee was a "voluntaryexoneratingact".
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I am notexoneratingmy own party in this matter before the war, although the economic situation in respect of commodity production was fundamentally different.
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It is no useexoneratingyourself at the expense of other people.
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If we do not, we will constantly be defending the aggressor andexoneratingit, while asking the victim to remain calm.
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Being profoundly deaf would not necessarily be a reason forexoneratingsomeone in those circumstances.
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Therefore, it would go a long way towardsexoneratingother professional advisers from responsibility for the actions and behaviour of the servants of other interested parties.
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This statement was examined by a committee presided over by a very distinguished officer, and the committee, if satisfied, issued a certificateexoneratingthe officer from blame.
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As we know, forensic science is, rightly, growing in importance in the fight against crime: in convicting or, it should be stressed, inexoneratingan individual accused of a crime.
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But over localizing the criminalization of urbicide risksexoneratingby inaction the governments often implicated as aggressors against the city and its citizens.
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