Definition of Exonerate

to prove that someone is not guilty of a crime or responsible for a problem, bad situation, etc.

Examples of Exonerate in a sentence

The job of the defense attorney is to exonerate his clients and keep them out of jail.  🔊

Unfortunately, the video footage does not exonerate Hank of the robbery charges.  🔊

While the accomplice’s testimony did help the police capture their suspect, it did not exonerate the man from his own criminal actions.  🔊

The testimony from the witness will hopefully exonerate my husband of the charges.  🔊

By looking at the surveillance tapes, the store manager was able to exonerate the morning cashier of the register theft.  🔊

Do you feel the DNA evidence pointing to another suspect is enough to exonerate my brother?  🔊

As your lawyer, I will do everything I can to exonerate your restaurant of the food poisoning accusations.  🔊

The arrogant suspect thought he could easily exonerate himself during his testimony.  🔊

Once the appeals court receives the new evidence, it is sure to exonerate Mark of all charges and release him from prison.  🔊

Only by identifying the real cause of the house fire can we exonerate you from the arson charge.  🔊

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