verb

exonerate

使免罪, 證明...無罪

The new evidence will exonerate the defendant.

新證據將證明被告無罪。

He was exonerated from all blame for the accident.

他被免除了對這起事故的所有責任。

to exonerate ((sb.)) 宣布((某人))無罪 The court exonerated him.

to exonerate ((sb.)) from ((sth.)) 使((某人))免除((某事)) He was exonerated from all blame.

同義詞: absolve, acquit, clear, vindicate; 反義詞: convict, blame, condemn

源自拉丁語 'ex-' (從...出來) + 'onus' (負擔)。字面意思是「移除負擔」。

想像一下移除一個「巨大 (enormous)」的罪責「負擔 (onus)」。前綴「ex-」表示「出來」。

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