Exoneration

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Full definition of exoneration

Noun

1. An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation
• 2007, May 14, Patrick Mcgeehan, New York Plan for DNA Data in Most Crimes, Mr. Spitzer’s proposal also calls for the creation of a state office that would be responsible for studying all cases that resulted in exonerations and looking for flaws in the system that led to those wrongful convictions.
2. (uncountable) The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.