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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective same as
exculpated .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Freed from any question of
guilt ,acquitted . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
exonerate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective freed from any question of guilt
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Examples
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As long as he has not been exonerated from the first assault, this may safely be accomplished without opening themselves to a defamation suit (i.e. they need to keep within the truth, and not tarnish his reputation needlessly).
The Volokh Conspiracy » What Should Landlords Do If a Tenant Is Accused of a Violent Crime? 2010
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Accused – while I agree with the death penalty in extreme circumstances, how many people have we seen not only come off of death row, but leave prison, exonerated from a conviction.
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MAN is termed honourable; his character is exonerated from the stigma which calumny attached to it; and his courage rises in estimation, in proportion as it exemplifies his revenge.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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MAN is termed honourable; his character is exonerated from the stigma which calumny attached to it; and his courage rises in estimation, in proportion as it exemplifies his revenge.
Letter to the Women of England, on the Injustice of Mental Subordination 1799
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Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia have laws that entitle exonerated inmates to government compensation, according to The Innocence Project, which represents inmates fighting to have their convictions overturned.
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I have a lawyer through a program called the exonerated Leap Program that we'll be talking about and his name is Jason Sniderman (ph).
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Mr. Perry has not been a crusader, but he has signed reform-minded legislation and acknowledged some of the system's mistakes, once referring to an exonerated prisoner's murder conviction as a "great miscarriage of justice."
NYT > Home Page By DEBORAH SONTAG 2011
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Nebraska might soon join 25 states and the District of Columbia that have laws entitling exonerated inmates to government compensation.
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Nebraska might soon join 25 states and the District of Columbia that have laws entitling exonerated inmates to government compensation.
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In a telephone conversation yesterday, Mr. Lowney took issue with headlines declaring Mr. Rossi "exonerated" by the state commission, saying the body instead "didn't have the information to prosecute."
bilby commented on the word exonerated
Spelling is correct!
February 8, 2010
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word exonerated
Yes! *cheers*
February 9, 2010
mohitanand commented on the word exonerated
verb: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
The document clearly indicated that Nick was out of the state at the time of the crime, and so served to exonerate him of any charges.
October 19, 2016