exoneration means an act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.
Why this word is great
EXONERATION — [Noun] The act of officially absolving someone from blame or the state of being freed from a formal accusation. From Latin exonerātiōnem, from exonerāre ("to unburden, discharge"), from ex- ("out of") + onerāre ("to load, burden"), from onus ("burden"). Unlike acquittal, a courtroom verdict of not guilty, or pardon, a forgiveness that confirms the crime, exoneration is the retroactive correction of the story, asserting the burden should never have been carried. It is the cold, clean click of a lock opening from the outside; the quiet, bureaucratic removal of a name from a registry; the sudden, vertiginous absence of a weight one had grown accustomed to bearing. It is the universe admitting, quietly and without fanfare, that it was wrong.
noun
- An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.“Alpaca. (Camelus Pacos,) also Paco. […] This animal, like the camel, is domable, and will carry from seven to nine stone; it will fall on its knees for the convenient reception and exoneration of its burthen.”
- The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.