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To exonerate someone is to say, in an official way, that they are not guilty of the thing they were blamed for. A court, a judge, or a report can exonerate a person. It is not the same as forgive. Forgive can still leave a little blame; exonerate takes the blame off — you did not do it, or there is no good proof. The word is formal and legal. You exonerate a person (or their name), not a crime.
洗清罪名；宣告無罪
組成From Latin exonerō, “to unload, take a burden off”: ex- (“out, from”) + onerō (“to load”), from onus (“a burden, load”). English made a verb with -ate.
同家族的字
- onusthe Latin “burden” still sitting inside this word; English uses onus too
- onerousfrom the same “burden” root — something onerous is heavy to bear
- exonerationthe noun for this official clearing of blame
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
exonerateverb詞源 1/ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/
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archaicTo relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
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obsoleteOf a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
- I would examine the Caſpian Sea, and ſee where and how it exonerates it ſelfe, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxares, Oxus, and thoſe great rivers; at the mouth of Oby, or where?
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To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
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To free (someone) from accusation or blame.
exonerateadj詞源 2/ɪɡˈzɒnəɹeɪt/
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archaicFreed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。