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# exonerated

verb past form of exonerate (exonerate, exonerates, exonerated, exonerating); adjective (exonerated)

«exonerated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. If someone is exonerated, they are officially shown or declared not guilty of something they were blamed or accused of. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#m1)
2. More generally, it means freed from blame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#m2)

### In the lessons

In law and news reports, a prisoner may be exonerated by new evidence such as DNA, after years in prison. In stories and detective tales, the innocent suspect is exonerated at the end. In everyday life, a pupil can be exonerated when the real culprit owns up. Phrases: «exonerated of», «fully exonerated», «exonerated by DNA evidence».

### Examples

- The man was exonerated after DNA proved he was innocent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#x1)
- The inquiry exonerated the nurse of any blame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#x2)
- When the real thief confessed, Sam was exonerated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#x3)
- She was fully exonerated by the court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#x4)
- The video exonerated the goalkeeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#x5)
- In the story, the detective exonerated the butler. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Noun: exoneration. Usually «exonerated of» something or «exonerated by» evidence. Similar: cleared, acquitted (found not guilty at trial).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «exonerated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«exonerated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/exonerated.html) on Mova free.