v. Sc. [ad. Fr. exonér-er, ad. L. exonerāre: see EXONERATE v.] = EXONERATE in various senses: To relieve from a burden; to free from responsibility, liability or blame. Now only in Sc. Law.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, II. (1822), 149. Commanding the saidis consulis to exoner thaimself of all auctorite.
1582. in Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot., VI. (1677), 323. They … should be exonered of all Action, civil or criminal.
1637. Gillespie, Eng.-Pop. Cerem., Epist. C. You shall neither convince your Adversaries, nor yet exoner your owne consciences.
1753. Scots Mag., XV. 86/1. She hath exonered herself.
1866. Times, 6 Aug., 1/2. Advt., For the purpose of having the Trust Funds … divided … and the pursuers exonered of the said trust.
1881. Daily Tel., 16 Feb., 1/7. Thereafter to exoner and discharge him of his office and management as judicial factor.
