Verb

• S: (v) acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate (pronounce not guilty of criminal charges) "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• S: (v) vindicate (clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof) "You must vindicate yourself and fight this libel"
• S: (v) whitewash (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data)
• S: (v) purge (clear of a charge)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• entailment
• antonym
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s somebody
• Somebody ----s somebody of something
• [Applies to acquit] They want to acquit the prisoners
• [Applies to clear] They want to clear the prisoners
• [Applies to discharge] They want to discharge the prisoners
• [Applies to exonerate] They want to exonerate the prisoners
• [Applies to exculpate] They want to exculpate the prisoners
• S: (v) behave, acquit, bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry (behave in a certain manner) "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"