exonerate
C1CEFR level
55/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister
Law verb
To clear a person of blame or of a criminal charge.
The fresh DNA evidence exonerated the man after two decades in prison.
Business verb
To officially declare someone free from blame or wrongdoing.
The arbitrator exonerated the manager and placed responsibility with head office.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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