exoneration
/ɪɡzɒnəˈeɪʃən/ig-zah-nur-AY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪɡzɑnɚˈeɪʃən/ig-zah-nur-AY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of exonerating
Common meaning: a clearing of blame
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- exout
- onera loadLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1266 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘out’ + ‘a load’ → exoneration
Journey through time
- Latinonus, oneris‘a load’
- Englishexonerate‘to clear of blame’
- Englishformed in English from exonerateexoneration‘a clearing of blame’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from exonerate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXONERATE, p.199 · scan
Roots
- onus, oneris Latin “a load”
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