exonerate

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/, /ɛɡ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/, /ɛɡ-/ Hyphenation: ex‧o‧ner‧ate === Etymology 1 === From Middle English exoneraten (attested in past participle exonerated), from Latin exonerātus, past perfect participle of exonerō (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exonerō is from ex- (“out, from”) +‎ onerō (“to burden, lade; to load”) further from onus (oner-) (“a burden, load”) +‎ -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os (“burden, load”), from *h₃enh₂- (“to charge, onerate”). Compare French exonérer. ==== Verb ==== exonerate (third-person singular simple present exonerates, present participle exonerating, simple past and past participle exonerated) (transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself). (transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task. Synonym: absolve (transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame. Synonyms: acquit, exculpate; see also Thesaurus:acquit ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from Latin exonerātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). ==== Adjective ==== exonerate (comparative more exonerate, superlative most exonerate) (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated. == Latin == === Verb === exonerāte second-person plural present active imperative of exonerō == Spanish == === Verb === exonerate second-person singular voseo imperative of exonerar combined with te