D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Exonerate

/ĭg-zän'-ẽr-ātˌ/ · Ex·on·er·ate · IPA /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/
01 v. t. To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating
  1. 1.
    To unload; to disburden; to discharge.[Obs.]
    “All exonerate themselves into one common duct.” Ray.
  2. 2.
    To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.
  3. 3.
    To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
Syn. To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.