0 to show or state that someone or something is not guilty of something: --
The report exonerated the crew from all responsibility for the collision.
1 to show or state that someone or something is not to be blamed for something bad that happened: --
2 to show or say officially that someone or something is not guilty of something: --
exonerate sb from sth I do not wholly exonerate her from blame.
We have proof which will completely exonerate him.
Some of them followed a standard format proposed by the union, naturally exonerating the leaders of the numerous charges against them.
Reportage concentrated on the noxious impact of sewage and ignored or exonerated the misdemeanors of industrialists.
But welfare claimants are not thereby exonerated from the neo-classical programme.
There is no way a physician who writes the order, does the procedure, encourages it, or observes it, can exonerate himself from moral complicity.
They largely exonerate the colonial administration from the strongest accusations against it.
Although the report exonerates any particular individual from direct blame, it does focus almost exclusively on who did or said what.
In contrast, excuses are ex post, individualized exonerating factors that indicate that the wrongdoer was not responsible.
Others are largely exonerated from the communitarian agenda: welfare claimants have taken it over.