exonerated
v.to prove that someone is not guilty of a crime or that they did not do something wrong. It is like saying the evidence shows they are innocent.
v.to clear someone of blame or guilt, typically in a legal context. Transitive — requires a direct object representing the person or entity being cleared.
“The new evidence helped to exonerate the suspect.”
“After a thorough investigation, the committee decided to exonerate the manager from any responsibility for the error.”
“The historian's latest research has finally managed to exonerate the accused, proving that the original documents were forged decades after the event occurred.”
“O’Brien was subsequently exonerated, with the help of journalists and campaigners.”
From Middle English exonerated, equivalent to exonerate + -ed.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.