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means The official clearing of someone from blame or guilt, especially after they've already been punished for it.

from From Latin exonerare, 'to unburden' or 'disencumber' — ex- ('out, away') plus onus/oner- ('load, burden'). The original sense was purely about weight, like unloading cargo from a ship; it's the same root that gives us 'onerous.' The word drifted from physical loads to moral ones, settling into its modern legal sense of lifting the burden of guilt or blame from someone's name.