exonerate

1. (transitive, archaic) To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).archaictransitive

2. (obsolete, reflexive) Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).Examples: "I would examine the Caſpian Sea, and ſee where and how it exonerates it ſelfe, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxares, Oxus, and thoſe great rivers; at the mouth of Oby, or where?"obsoletereflexive

3. (transitive) To free (someone) from an obligation, responsibility or task.transitive

4. (transitive) To free (someone) from accusation or blame.Synonyms: acquit, exculpate, acquit, absolve, disculpate, exculpate, exonerate, pardontransitive