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UK
/ɛɡzəʊnɹˈeɪʃən/
]
[ US /ɪɡzɑnɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ɪɡzɑnɝˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
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the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
friends provided a vindication of his position
How To Use exoneration In A Sentence
- And even when there's DNA exoneration, which is now starting to happen because of DNA evidence, the family -- DNA is a trillion to one odds, something like that. CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2006
- In that sense, the entitlement to reimbursement or exoneration confers a priority in the further administration of the trust.
- He admitted to the crime, but a DNA test eventually led to his exoneration.
- Although DNA exonerations are commonplace in the US, the same can hardly be said for the UK.
- The report is full of similar exonerations on flimsy grounds.
- The question is how the exoneration of convictions should be carried out.
- Of the 328 exonerations they identified in the intervening years, 145 involved DNA evidence.
- Without such exonerations this Evil will never be tamed; nor constantly, or to any purpose, mitigated; but rather ex - asperated by other Remedies. Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society
- Fifteen years later, Rangel is still seeking exoneration.
- Meanwhile, the wave of exonerations continues across the country.