Defn: To loose; to pay. [Obs.]
EXON Ex"on, n. Etym: [NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river.]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England.
EXON
Ex"on, n. Etym: [F. expect an under officer.]
Defn: An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [Eng.]
EXONERATE
Ex*on"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exonerated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Exonerating.] Etym: [L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from a
burden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous.]
1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [Obs.] All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray.
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. Burke.
3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.
Syn. - To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve.