exoneration
noun
exoneration is spelled E-X-O-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, exoneration means “An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of exoneration is exonerations.
How many letters and syllables are in exoneration?
| Letters | 11: E-X-O-N-E-R-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is exoneration?
Exoneration appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce exoneration?
- US
Exoneration has 5 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-exoneration.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exoneration
- exonerations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does exoneration mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation.
- 2
The state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Exoneration in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the act of freeing a person of blame:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Entlastung, Rehabilitation |
| Portuguese | ilibação |
| Spanish | exoneración |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does exoneration come from?
From Latin exonerātiō. By surface analysis, exonerate + -ion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).