exoneration

Pronunciation key ( ig-zon′ə-rā′shən )

ex•on•er•a•tion

n.

[L. exoneratio].

1. An exonerating or being exonerated. Act of freeing one from a charge or accusation, duty or obligation, removal of a responsibility.

In civil law, denotes the removal of a charge, burden or duty. Particularly, it denotes the act of relieving a person or an estate from a liability or charge by casting that burden on another person or estate.

References

Funk and Wagnalls Encyclopedia ©1950

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Webster's Improved Dictionary and Everyday Encyclopedia ©1956