exonerate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛɡ-/
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• General-American: /ɪɡˈzɑnəˌɹeɪt/
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• General-American: /ɛɡ-/
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Learned borrowing from Latin exonerātus (more at etymology 1), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

From Middle English exoneraten (attested in past participle exonerated), from Latin exonerātus, past perfect participle of exonerō (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exonerō is from ex- (“out, from”) + onerō (“to burden, lade; to load”) further from onus (oner-) (“a burden, load”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *h3énh2os (“burden, load”), from *h3enh2- (“to charge, onerate”). Compare French exonérer.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: exonerar — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Dutch: ontlasten — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Dutch: verlichten — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• French: exonérer — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• German: erleichtern — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Greek: απαλλάσσω (apallásso) — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Polish: odciążyć — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Polish: uwolnić — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Polish: odciążać — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Portuguese: aliviar — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Russian: разгружа́ть (razgružátʹ) — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Russian: разгрузи́ть (razgruzítʹ) — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Swedish: avlasta — to relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load)
• Dutch: leeglopen — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• German: ausleeren — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• German: entleeren — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• German: abfließen — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• Portuguese: esvaziar — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• Russian: опустоша́ться (opustošátʹsja) — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• Russian: опустоши́ться (opustošítʹsja) — of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself)
• Bulgarian: освобождавам от задължение (osvoboždavam ot zadǎlženie) — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Catalan: exonerar — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Dutch: ontheffen — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Finnish: vapauttaa vastuusta — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• French: exonérer — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Galician: exonerar — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• German: abnehmen — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• German: befreien — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• German: entbinden — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• German: entlasten — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Greek: απαλλάσσω (apallásso) — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Hungarian: mentesít — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Italian: esentare — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Korean: 면제(免除)하다 (myeonjehada) — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Portuguese: exonerar — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Russian: освобожда́ть (osvoboždátʹ) — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Russian: освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Spanish: exonerar — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Swedish: lösa — to free from an obligation, responsibility or task
• Bulgarian: оправдавам (opravdavam) — to free from accusation or blame
• Catalan: exonerar — to free from accusation or blame
• Czech: ospravedlnit — to free from accusation or blame
• Dutch: vrijspreken — to free from accusation or blame
• Finnish: vapauttaa syytteestä — to free from accusation or blame
• French: exonérer — to free from accusation or blame
• Galician: exonerar — to free from accusation or blame
• German: entlasten — to free from accusation or blame
• German: freisprechen — to free from accusation or blame
• German: lossprechen — to free from accusation or blame
• German: begnadigen — to free from accusation or blame
• Greek: αθωώνω (athoóno) — to free from accusation or blame
• Greek: δικαιώνω (dikaióno) — to free from accusation or blame
• Hungarian: felment — to free from accusation or blame
• Hungarian: tisztáz — to free from accusation or blame
• Italian: discolpare — to free from accusation or blame
• Italian: scagionare — to free from accusation or blame
• Māori: whakaharakore — to free from accusation or blame
• Persian: تبرئه کردن (tabra'e kardan) — to free from accusation or blame
• Portuguese: exonerar — to free from accusation or blame
• Russian: опра́вдывать (oprávdyvatʹ) — to free from accusation or blame
• Russian: оправда́ть (opravdátʹ) — to free from accusation or blame
• Spanish: exonerar — to free from accusation or blame
• Swedish: frikänna — to free from accusation or blame
• Swedish: rentvå — to free from accusation or blame
• Turkish: aklamak — to free from accusation or blame
• Turkish: ibra etmek — to free from accusation or blame
• Turkish: tebriye etmek — to free from accusation or blame
• Turkish: temize çıkarmak — to free from accusation or blame