"exonerating" is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is used to describe something that has been cleared of blame or guilt, or to make an exoneration. For example: "The ruling of innocence exonerated the suspect of all charges."
Exonerating the IRA of corporate responsibility, though, does de-escalate the controversy and prevents it from standing in the way of full devolution.
Mr Almadro subsequently learnt from a committee member that it was "drifting toward exonerating everybody".
After a Labour Party conference that sometimes sounded a little too pleased by capitalism's travails, the Tories stood up for the market without exonerating bankers from the charge of irresponsibility.
Next week he plans to seek a judicial review of a parliamentary report exonerating Michael Howard, the home secretary, of receiving bribes.This extraordinary vendetta has been fuelled by bitter resentment.
That could have the effect of exonerating Mr Skilling, since even the special task-force set up by the Department of Justice to investigate Enron's collapse accepted that he had not done so.
Besides, he says, the system can provide protection for employees who get involved in disputes with fractious customers.As useful as customer-tracking systems may be for exonerating harassed staff or minimising shoplifting, however, their primary objectives are clear.
He plans to liberalise the 35-hour week by exonerating all overtime from payroll charges and income tax.
That did not stop them putting their names to the work, though.It did not stop the report exonerating all the co-authors either: "The committee does not endorse the view that each co-author is responsible for the entirety of a collaborative endeavour".
On August 14th it concluded that he had followed the rules of engagement in defending a third marine in the line of fire and returned a verdict of "no bill", exonerating him.
All the heads of the intelligence agencies put out statements exonerating the government.
Now, the government is conceding that Mr Lee was an unassuming scientist after all.On September 13th, prosecutors agreed to drop 58 of the 59 charges it brought against Mr Lee, all but exonerating him of the FBI's original allegations of conspiracy and espionage.
