exonerate

English

WOTD – 10 July 2017

Etymology

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From Latin exonerāt-, the participle stem of exonerāre, from exonerō (“to discharge, to unload; to exonerate”), from ex- (“a prefix denoting privation”) + onerō (“to burden, to lade, to load”) (from onus (“burden, load”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃énh₂os (“burden, load”), from *h₃enh₂- (“to charge, to onerate”)). Cognate with French exonérer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/, /ɛɡ-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/, /ɛɡ-/

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• Hyphenation: ex‧o‧ner‧ate

Verb

1. (transitive, now rare) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
2. (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
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3. (transitive) To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.
4. (transitive) To free from accusation or blame.

   Synonyms: acquit, exculpate; see also Thesaurus:acquit

Derived terms

• exonerated (adjective)
• exoneration
• exonerative
• exonerator

Translations

to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)

• Dutch: verlichten (nl), ontlasten (nl)
• French: exonérer (fr)
• German: erleichtern (de)
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• Greek: απαλλάσσω (el) (apallásso)
• Polish: odciążyć (pl), uwolnić (pl)
• Portuguese: aliviar (pt)
• Russian: разгружа́ть (ru) impf (razgružátʹ), разгрузи́ть (ru) pf (razgruzítʹ)

of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)

• German: ausleeren, entleeren (de), abfließen (de)
• Portuguese: esvaziar (pt)
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• Russian: опустоша́ться (ru) impf (opustošátʹsja), опустоши́ться (ru) pf (opustošítʹsja)

to free from an obligation, responsibility or task

• Bulgarian: освобождавам от задължение (osvoboždavam ot zadǎlženie)
• Dutch: ontheffen (nl)
• Finnish: vapauttaa vastuusta
• French: exonérer (fr)
• Galician: exonerar (gl)
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• German: befreien (de), entlasten (de), abnehmen (de), entbinden (de)
• Greek: απαλλάσσω (el) (apallásso)
• Portuguese: exonerar (pt)
• Russian: освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ)

to free from accusation or blame

• Bulgarian: оправдавам (bg) (opravdavam)
• Catalan: exonerar (ca)
• Czech: ospravedlnit (cs)
• Dutch: vrijspreken (nl)
• Finnish: vapauttaa syytteestä
• French: exonérer (fr)
• Galician: exonerar (gl)
• German: freisprechen (de), lossprechen, entlasten (de)
• Greek: αθωώνω (el) (athoóno), δικαιώνω (el) (dikaióno)
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• Maori: whakaharakore
• Persian: تبرئه کردن (tabra'e kardan)
• Portuguese: exonerar (pt)
• Russian: опра́вдывать (ru) impf (oprávdyvatʹ), оправда́ть (ru) pf (opravdátʹ)
• Spanish: exonerar (es)
• Swedish: frikänna (sv), rentvå (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: exculpar (es)
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Adjective

exonerate

1. (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) exonerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exonerō