Definition of "exonerated" []

• Freed from any question of guilt, acquitted. (adjective)
• Simple past tense and past participle of exonerate. (verb)

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• "As long as he has not been exonerated from the first assault, this may safely be accomplished without opening themselves to a defamation suit (i.e. they need to keep within the truth, and not tarnish his reputation needlessly)."
• "Accused – while I agree with the death penalty in extreme circumstances, how many people have we seen not only come off of death row, but leave prison, exonerated from a conviction."
• "MAN is termed honourable; his character is exonerated from the stigma which calumny attached to it; and his courage rises in estimation, in proportion as it exemplifies his revenge."