EXON'ERATE, v.t. egzon'erate. [L. exonero; ex and onero, to load, onus, a load.] 1. To unload; to disburden.The vessels exonerate themselves into a common duct.But more generally, in a figurative sense.2. To cast off, as a charge or as blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon the character as an imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.3. To cast off, as an obligation, debt or duty; to discharge of responsibility or liability; as, a surety exonerates himself by producing a man in court.
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