The phrase "an exoneration" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of officially clearing someone from blame or fault, particularly in legal contexts.
Example: "The new evidence led to an exoneration of the accused, proving their innocence."
Alternatives: "a vindication" or "a clearing of charges".
Re "An Arrest in the News, an Exoneration in Silence," by Michael Wilson (Crime Scene column, Oct. 20): Travis Tremell was arrested and indicted on a charge of a home invasion robbery and the murder of Earl Williams after being identified in a photo array by four witnesses and in person by three.
"Un Village" goes over very familiar territory, only it is neither an indictment nor an exoneration.
But the complaints about Diallo hardly serve as an exoneration of D.S.K.
Nevertheless, he said an exoneration could open the door to others.
"Why would the government believe us?" For Chalabi, the Robb-Silberman report was an exoneration.
"Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia".
This is an enticing exoneration, but the United States is undeniably a player, and a certain amount of responsibility must surely go along with military hardware, troop deployments and subsidies to various regimes.
In his statement, Mr. Holder suggested that the decision not to bring prosecutions should not be seen as a moral exoneration but a sign that the record was not "sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction".
"That's not the same as a moral exoneration," said Heinrich Oberreuter, a political scientist at the University of Passau.
Though the men who were court martialed were pardoned, there is currently a campaign for a formal exoneration.
Though the men who were court martialed were pardoned, a campaign for a formal exoneration was launched.
