exonerative

1. 1.

   providing absolution

   Synonymsabsolvitoryforgiving

   Similarexculpatory

Questions about exonerative

What does exonerative mean?

exonerative means "providing absolution".

How many syllables are in exonerative?

exonerative has 5 syllables: ex-o-ne-ra-tive. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for exonerative?

Close synonyms include absolvitory, forgiving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exonerative a common word?

exonerative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.