Etymology

exonerated

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Today it means: Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted. Full definition →

Middle English exonerated
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromexonerated
  2. English todayexonerated

From Middle English exonerated, equivalent to exonerate + -ed.

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