How do you use Exonerate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like acquit or clear, plus the exact meaning.
Exonerate meaning
- To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
- Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
- To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
Using Exonerate
- The main meaning on this page is: To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load). | Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself). | To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
- Useful related words include: acquit, assoil, clear, discharge.
- In the example corpus, exonerate often appears in combinations such as: to exonerate, exonerate him, not exonerate.
Context around Exonerate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 9 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Exonerate
- In this selection, "exonerate" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, automatically, sub, pervis and subpostmasters stand out and add context to how "exonerate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include aims to exonerate us service and attempts to exonerate the cops. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "exonerate" sits close to words such as abdulaziz, abortive and acacia, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with exonerate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Second, Cannon didn’t “exonerate” Trump. (6 words)
This dismissal does not exonerate him. (6 words)
Again, a squeaker for Biden, should it happen, doesn’t exonerate them. (12 words)
As a friend of mine noted correctly, the police department will tell the public not to “rush to judgment,” even as its public affairs department releases information that attempts to exonerate the cops and slime the victim (dredging up any past arrests). (42 words)
His case was taken up in 2017 by The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate the wrongfully accused, after a dedicated cousin, Clarence Hughes, spent five years writing letters begging anyone to look into Kendrick’s case. (39 words)
But the framers didn’t contemplate this level of polarization, when even in the face of the overwhelming evidence of high crimes, one party would not just exonerate him for it but in fact ratify these crimes. (37 words)
Newsflash - he had that opportunity in the House but refused to call any witnesses or provide any documents, and prevented any of his team from appearing - you know, the team that could exonerate him? (34 words)
Of course, I well understand that Hushpuppi may be twisted in his desire to live in a fast lane of life ephemerals, but can we exonerate the society that created this hyper spender? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
His case was taken up in 2017 by The Innocence Project, a nonprofit that works to exonerate the wrongfully accused, after a dedicated cousin, Clarence Hughes, spent five years writing letters begging anyone to look into Kendrick’s case.
The activist group has also been a part of organizing various events before, such as marches against racial injusticeDisrupt Death Row fundraiser, a movement to exonerate Pervis Payne from death row in Tennessee.
This official congressional caucus aims to exonerate US service members convicted of crimes committed while deployed abroad.
And ministerial meetings were last night held over steps to exonerate all those caught up in errors in the Horizon accounting system, which led to them being falsely accused of theft and fraud.
Days after airing, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced new legislation to exonerate sub-postmasters wrongly convicted in the Horizon scandal and former Post Office Paula Vennels handed back her CBE.
In 2016, they cited the newly released grand jury testimony to try to persuade President Barack Obama to exonerate their mother.
MSPs from across political parties yesterday united to vote through emergency legislation that will automatically exonerate subpostmasters who were wrongly convicted as a result of the faulty Horizon IT system.
On Wednesday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the government will now legislate to exonerate and compensate all of those involved.
Second, Cannon didn’t “exonerate” Trump.
The legislation seeks to exonerate those convicted in England and Wales on the basis of the faulty Horizon accounting software, which made it appear as though money was missing at their branches.
The question came days after the Scottish Government proposed legislation to automatically exonerate sub-postmasters wrongly convicted as a result of the faulty Horizon IT system.
Again, a squeaker for Biden, should it happen, doesn’t exonerate them.
As a friend of mine noted correctly, the police department will tell the public not to “rush to judgment,” even as its public affairs department releases information that attempts to exonerate the cops and slime the victim (dredging up any past arrests).
But the framers didn’t contemplate this level of polarization, when even in the face of the overwhelming evidence of high crimes, one party would not just exonerate him for it but in fact ratify these crimes.
Newsflash - he had that opportunity in the House but refused to call any witnesses or provide any documents, and prevented any of his team from appearing - you know, the team that could exonerate him?
Of course, I well understand that Hushpuppi may be twisted in his desire to live in a fast lane of life ephemerals, but can we exonerate the society that created this hyper spender?
Steve Chapman’s attempt in his Aug. 14 column to exonerate the Democratic Party from responsibility for all the violence in our cities is, like the party, a big failure.
The fact that no actual conspiracy could be proven does not exonerate the president.
The inquiry in the matter was marked to Sub-Inspector Balbir Singh of Manimajra police station, who demanded Rs 50,000 from him to exonerate him of the charges in the complaint.
This dismissal does not exonerate him.
Common combinations with exonerate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to exonerate 25×
- exonerate him 12×
- not exonerate 11×
- exonerate the 10×
- exonerate trump 9×
- exonerate president 4×
- would exonerate 4×
- will exonerate 3×
- exonerate sub-postmasters 2×
- exonerate their 2×