exonerate from a liability
1exonerate — ex·on·er·ate /ig zä nə ˌrāt, eg / vt at·ed, at·ing [Latin exonerare to relieve, free, discharge, from ex out + onerare to burden, from oner onus load] 1: to relieve esp. of a charge, obligation, or hardship 2: to clear from accusation or blame… …
2release from liability — index exemption, exonerate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3release — re·lease 1 vt re·leased, re·leas·ing 1 a: to relieve or free from obligation, liability, or responsibility the debtor is released from all dischargeable debts b: to give up (a claim, title, or right) to the benefit of another person: surrender …
4Mike Nifong — North Carolina District Attorney for Prosecutorial District 14 In office April 27, 2005 – June 21, 2007[1] Preceded by Jim Hardin Succeeded by Jim Har …
5clear — clearable, adj. clearness, n. /klear/, adj., clearer, clearest, adv., clearer, clearest, v., n. adj. 1. free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day. 2. transparent; pellucid: clear water …
6discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …
7acquit — ac·quit /ə kwit/ vb ac·quit·ted, ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a , prefix marking causation + quite free (of an obligation)] vt: to discharge completely: as a: to release from liability for a debt or other… …
8Command responsibility — Peace Palace in The Hague Medina standard redirects here. For Medina charter, see Constitution of Medina. Command responsibility, sometimes referred to as the Yamashita standard or the Medina standard, and also known as superior responsibility,… …
9Lennard's Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd — English case infobox name=Lennard s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd court=House of Lords date decided=1915 full name=Lennard s Carrying Co Ltd v Asiatic Petroleum Co Ltd citations= [1915] AC 705 judges=Viscount Haldane Cases cited=None …
10pardon — par·don n 1: a release from the legal penalties of an offense 2: an official warrant of remission of penalty as an act of clemency compare commute 3: excuse or forgiveness for a fault or offense pardon vt …