Both Uses of
exonerate
in
Oliver Twist
- 'Surely,' said Rose, 'the poor child's story, faithfully repeated to these men, will be sufficient to exonerate him.'
Chpt 31 *exonerate = free from blame
- I don't think it would exonerate him, either with them, or with legal functionaries of a higher grade.
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(exonerate) to free someone from blame
or more rarely:
to free someone from an obligation