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exonerate

🇬🇧 UK/igˈzɔnəreit/🇺🇸 US/ig'zɒnәreit/
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Definitions

v.

To officially declare someone free from blame, guilt, or a criminal charge

证明无罪，免除责任，开脱

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
exout of, former
+
onerother
+
ateto make, having
=exonerate

Common Collocations

  • 1.exonerate from...免除责任
  • 2.be exonerated of证明...无罪
  • 3.fully exonerate完全洗清

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    New evidence exonerated the wrongly convicted man.

  • 2.

    New DNA evidence exonerated the wrongly convicted man after serving fifteen years.

  • 3.

    The investigation fully exonerated her from the accusations of fraud.

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