Officially declared innocent or freed from blame for a crime or wrongdoing.
From Latin 'exonerare' (to unburden), combining 'ex-' (out) + 'onerare' (to burden, from 'onus' meaning burden). The metaphor is of removing a heavy burden of guilt.
DNA evidence has exonerated hundreds of wrongly convicted people since 1989, creating a strange paradox: the same technology that helped convict innocent people is now their path to freedom.
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