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.

Verb

To clear from an accusation, suspicion or criticism.

to vindicate someone's honor

To justify by providing evidence.

to vindicate a right, claim or title

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, year=2012 , date=June 19 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 1-0 Ukraine , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The Ukrainians immediately demanded a goal and their claims were vindicated as replays showed the ball crossed the line before Terry's intervention.}}

To maintain or defend a cause against opposition.

to vindicate the rights of labor movement in developing countries

To provide justification for.

The violent history of the suspect vindicated the use of force by the police.

To lay claim to; to assert a right to; to claim.

(obsolete) To liberate; to set free; to deliver.

(obsolete) To avenge; to punish

A war to vindicate infidelity.