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exoneration|ɛgˌzɒnəˈreɪʃən|
[ad. L. exonerātiōn-em, n. of action f. exonerāre: see prec.]
The action of exonerating.
†1. The action of discharging or relieving the contents of the bowels, etc.; evacuation; the action of disburdening nature. Const. of. Obs.
1651Hobbes Leviath. i. vi. 24 Some [appetites] are born with men; as..Appetite of excretion and exoneration. 1701Grew Cosm. Sacra iii. iv. 116 The body is adapted unto Eating, Drinking, Nutrition, Coition, and other ways of Repletion and Exoneration. 1727A. Hamilton New Acc. E. Ind. I. xi. 123 In each Cabbin, is a Kitchin and a Place for Exoneration. 1784Henley in Beckford's Vathek (1868) 137 note, The ablution and prayer indispensably required on the exoneration of nature.
2. The action of disburdening or relieving, or the state of being relieved from a duty, office, obligation, payment, etc.; also, from blame or reproach; an instance of this, a formal discharge. Const. of. In Sc. Law: see exoner.
1640–1Kirkcudbr. War-Comm. Min. Bk. (1855) 90 And the coppie thairof delyverit to thame for thair exoneratione. 1641in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 372 To receive account of all Commissions granted..and grant Exonerations thereupon. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 211 An act concerning the exoneration of the Kings subjects from exactions and impositions. 1676W. Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. x. (1848) 229 Papers had been prepared by the Commissioners of Estate and Kirk for their exoneration. 1866Times 6 Aug. Advt., A Process of Multiplepoinding and Exoneration has been instituted. |