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exonerate

/ɛɡ-/
verb

  1. To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).

  2. Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).

  3. To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.

Synonymsacquit, exculpate
adjective

  1. Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

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