Both Uses of
exonerate
in
The Iceman Cometh
- He has the terrible grotesque air, in confessing his sordid baseness, of one who gives an excuse which exonerates him from any real guilt.
Act 3 *exonerates = frees (of blame)
- Again he has a strange air of exonerating himself from guilt by this shameless confession.
Act 3exonerating = freeing (of blame)
Definition:
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(exonerate) to free someone from blame
or more rarely:
to free someone from an obligation