different between exonerate vs exonerative

English

Etymology

From Latin exoner?t-, the participle stem of exoner?re, from exoner? (“to discharge, unload; to exonerate”), from ex- (prefix denoting privation) + oner? (“to burden, lade; to load”) (from onus (“burden, load”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?énh?os (“burden, load”), from *h?enh?- (“to charge, onerate”)). The English word is cognate with French exonérer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???z?n??e?t/, /??-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???z?n???e?t/, /??-/
• Hyphenation: ex?o?ner?ate

Verb

exonerate (third-person singular simple present exonerates, present participle exonerating, simple past and past participle exonerated)

1. (transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).
2. (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).
3. (transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.
4. (transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.

   Synonyms: acquit, exculpate; see also Thesaurus:acquit

Derived terms

• exonerated (adjective)
• exoneration
• exonerative
• exonerator

Translations

Adjective

exonerate

1. (archaic) Freed from an obligation; freed from accusation or blame; acquitted, exonerated.

Latin

Verb

exoner?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of exoner?

English

Etymology

exonerate +? -ive

Adjective

exonerative (comparative more exonerative, superlative most exonerative)

1. Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.

Synonyms

• exculpatory