- having been cleared of an accusation or freed from blame:After years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, the exonerated man walks out of the prison gates and into the light of day.
- a person or persons who have been cleared of an accusation or freed from blame:She is currently the director of a nonprofit that advocates against the death penalty and for the exonerated.
- the simple past tense and past participle of exonerate.
