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Exonerate vs Validate - What's the difference?

exonerate | validate |

As verbs the difference between exonerate and validate

is that exonerate is to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load) while validate is to render valid.

exonerate

English

Verb

(exonerat)
  • To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
  • (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water, to discharge (oneself), empty oneself.
  • *, II.ii.3:
  • I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?
  • To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
  • To free from accusation or blame.
  • Synonyms

    * (to free from accusation ) acquit English transitive verbs ----

    validate

    English

    Verb

    (validat)
  • To render valid.
  • To check or prove the validity of; verify.
  • Antonyms

    * disprove * invalidate