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EXONERATED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exonerated mean? 

EXONERATED (adjective)
  The adjective EXONERATED has 1 sense:

1. freed from any question of guiltplay

  Familiarity information: EXONERATED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXONERATED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Freed from any question of guilt

Synonyms:

absolved; clear; cleared; exculpated; exonerated; vindicated

Context example:

his official honor is vindicated

Similar:

clean-handed; guiltless; innocent (free from evil or guilt)


 Context examples 


Nor, to this day can I permit my manhood to look back upon those events and feel entirely exonerated.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

From school duties she was exonerated: Mrs. Fairfax had pressed me into her service, and I was all day in the storeroom, helping (or hindering) her and the cook; learning to make custards and cheese-cakes and French pastry, to truss game and garnish desert-dishes.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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