exoneration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
  2. noun the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
    vindication.
    • friends provided a vindication of his position

WordNet

Ex*on`er*a"tion noun
Etymology
L. exoneratio: cf. F. Exonération.
Definitions
  1. The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Webster 1913