exoneration
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7.9
- noun
- /ɪɡˌzɒnəˈreɪʃən/
- Formal
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exoneración
- Northwestern's center, which has been instrumental in 37 exonerations, employs a social worker to help newly released exonerees find housing and jobs.
- self-exoneration
Most exoneration cases are from faulty eyewitnesses.
- Most exoneration cases are from faulty eyewitnesses.
- It was a complete and total exoneration.
Examples
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Director Rob Warden estimates there are about 50 exonerations each year from both DNA and non-DNA cases.
Academic text (2011) -
The exoneration of the wrongfully accused man brought relief to his family.
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I want complete exoneration for Dodge and myself.
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As a result of her findings, Vollen helped launch the Life After Exoneration program in 2002.
Academic text (2011) -
The speaker has an agenda that centers on his own exoneration, his own salvation.
Fiction book (1995) -
With the advent of DNA analysis of physical evidence, the rate of post-conviction exoneration increased during the 1990s.
Academic text (2002) -
The subjects of those investigations were notified of their exoneration, but the cases are now being reviewed for possible prosecution again.
Academic text (2010) -
After exoneration, Roland Gibson, who was convicted of killing a taxi driver in 1968, was released.
Academic text (2011) -
After decades, an old wound was tended to, a formal apology, an admission of guilt and an exoneration of previously blamed victims.
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After years of legal battles, her exoneration finally proved her innocence.
Synonyms
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An official court decision that a person is not guilty of a crime
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Proof that shows someone was right or not to blame after people doubted them
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Making people trust someone again after their reputation was damaged
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An act of clearing someone of blame or suspicion
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Clearing someone of blame or shame
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Removing doubt about someone so they are not blamed anymore
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The act of clearing someone from blame
An act that clears someone from blame or suspicion
How Cleared
- Formal
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Exoneration comes from Latin parts ex- ('out of') and onus ('burden'), the same root behind the English word onerous meaning 'burdensome'. So an exoneration is like taking a heavy burden off someone — it means being officially cleared of blame.