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# exonerated

«exonerated» in Mova's school dictionary: **exonerated, they are officially shown or declared not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) More generally, it means freed from blame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «exonerated» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/exonerated/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.