- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To unload; to disburden; to discharge.
- (v.t.) To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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