exonerate

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If a court, report, or person in authority exonerates someone, they officially say or show that that person is not responsible for something wrong or unpleasant that has happened. 宣判···無罪; 證明...的清白[正式]
The official report basically exonerated everyone. 該官方報(bào)告基本洗脫了所有人的干系。
An investigation exonerated the school from any blame. 一項(xiàng)調(diào)查使該校免受一切指控。
2. exonerationN-UNCOUNT
They expected complete exoneration for their clients. 他們希望其委托人能完全開脫罪嫌。