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Definition of exonerate : 1. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice.
3. To unload; to disburden; to discharge.

Synonyms:

enlighten, drop off, authorize, fire, gain, eject, dispatch, illuminate, sort out, put down, exempt, go off, carry, behave, unclutter, justify, study at absolve, drop, light up, realise, elucidate, sack, conduct, solve, make, law, empty, set down, deport, crystallise, complete, set free, pull in, purge, brighten, straighten out, crystalize, bring in, bear, sack up, crystalise, shed light on, assoil, unload, exhaust, expel, top, crystallize, comport, clear up, authorise, net, muster out, earn, take in, pass, realize

forgive, free, absolve, clear, exculpate, acquit, excuse, dismiss, defray, pardon, discharge, release, vindicate, liberate

avenge, apologize, refute, mitigate

overlook, condone, reprieve, relent, remit, show mercy, forbear, forget, tolerate

Usage examples:

• Her husband knew there was a misunderstanding between Durward and 'Lena, and if she were to ask him about the pictures, he would, she thought, at once suspect the cause of that misunderstanding, and as a matter of course, exonerate 'Lena from all blame. - "'Lena Rivers", Mary J. Holmes.
• But they were all so afraid of being accused, that they wished to exonerate themselves as much as possible. - "The Secret Passage", Fergus Hume.
• He was willing to exonerate Penny and Clint from the charge of throwing stones, but insisted that it always took two to make a quarrel and that if Penny had chosen to observe the rules of the school he could have done so. - "Left Tackle Thayer", Ralph Henry Barbour.