Exonerating

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Exonerate \Ex*on"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exonerated}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Exonerating}.] [L. exoneratus, p. p. of
     exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to
     load, onus load. See {Onerous}.]
     1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.]
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              All exonerate themselves into one common duct.
                                                    --Ray.
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     2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation,
        or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something
        that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or
        imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or
        from the charge of avarice. --Burke.
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     3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.
  
     Syn: To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See {Absolve}.
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