This week’s theme
Verbs

This week’s words
calumniate
floccipend
exonerate
foozle
propitiate

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PRONUNCIATION:

(ig-ZON-uh-rayt)

MEANING:

verb tr.: 1. To free from blame. 2. To release from a task or obligation.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin ex- (from) + onus (burden), which also gave English onus and onerous. Earliest documented use: 1524.

USAGE:

“The five teenagers spent years in prison before being exonerated.”
Nicholas Kristof; Is Donald Trump a Racist; The New York Times; Jul 23, 2016.

See more usage examples of exonerate in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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