Exonerate

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 37

egz-on′ėr-āt, v.t. to free from the burden of blame or obligation: to acquit.— n. Exonerā′tion , act of exonerating or freeing from a charge or blame.— adj. Exon′erative , freeing from a burden or obligation. [L. exonerāre , -ātum — ex , from, onus , oner is , burden.]