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Definition of Exoneration

1. Noun. The condition of being relieved from blame or obligation.

2. Noun. The act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.. "Friends provided a vindication of his position"

Definition of Exoneration

1. n. The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.

Definition of Exoneration

1. Noun. An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation ¹

2. Noun. The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exoneration

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exoneration

exomorphic exomorphism exomphalos exon exon shuffle exon shuffling exon trapping exon trapping vincent van buren exonarthex exonarthexes

exonerable exonerate exonerated exonerates exonerating exoneration (current term) exonerations exonerative exonic exonization

exonizations exonized exonormative exonormatively exons exonuclear gene exonuclease exonuclease III exonuclease lambda exonuclease vii

Literary usage of Exoneration

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise of Assets, Debts and Incumbrances by James Ram (1835)
"I. Of exoneration of Land Mortgaged. II. Of exoneration of Land charged; where the Principle, ... Of exoneration of Land devised, charged with Debts or IV. ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Mortgages by John Joseph Powell, Thomas Coventry (1822)
"•wife's right to exoneration, postponed te debts, but preferred to ... exoneration, if hand be appointed to receive money, purchaser exonerated by a mere ..."

3. A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence, as Administered in the United States of by John Norton Pomeroy (1907)
"exoneration—Rights of Surety against the Principal Debtor.—When a surety has actually paid or satisfied the principal's obligation, or any part thereof, ..."

4. A Treatise on Wills by Thomas Jarman, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1859)
"Legatee of an incumbered chattel entitled to claim exoneration, [p. 552. ... exoneration doctrine does not extend to estates which came to the testator cum ..."

5. The Principles of Equity: A Treatise on the System of Justice Administered by George Tucker Bispham, Joseph Degu McCoy (1916)
"exoneration; not originally enforceable at law. 332. ... exoneration by implication. after it is paid, in order to protect equities. 337. ..."

6. The Doctrine of Equity: A Commentary on the Law as Administered by the Court by John Adams, Robert Ralston (1890)
"And it is exercised under the three forms of contribution, exoneration, ... The equities of contribution and exoneration arise where several persons are ..."

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