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EXONERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exoneration mean? 

EXONERATION (noun)
  The noun EXONERATION has 2 senses:

1. the condition of being relieved from blame or obligationplay

2. the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.play

  Familiarity information: EXONERATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXONERATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being relieved from blame or obligation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("exoneration" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

exonerate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

exoneration; vindication

Context example:

friends provided a vindication of his position

Hypernyms ("exoneration" is a kind of...):

clearing (the act of freeing from suspicion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exoneration"):

justification (the act of defending or explaining or making excuses for by reasoning)

rehabilitation (vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation)

Derivation:

exonerate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges)


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