exonerating

/IH0 G Z AA1 N ER0 EY0 T IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To relieve (someone or something) of a load; to unburden (a load).

  2. 2

    Of a body of water: to discharge or empty (itself).

  3. 3

    To free from an obligation, responsibility or task.

  4. 4

    To free from accusation or blame.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exonerate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/exonerating