·vt To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
II. Exonerate ·vt To Unload; to Disburden; to Discharge.
III. Exonerate ·vt To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.