exonerare

Exonerare is a noun in Romanian that denotes the act or result of exonerating someone from blame, guilt, duty, or liability. It can refer to clearing a person of criminal charges, or releasing someone from an obligation or burden. In legal contexts, exonerare describes the outcome in which charges are dropped or a person is declared not culpable. In administrative or organizational contexts, it can mean exemption from a duty or responsibility.

The term derives from Latin exonerare, formed from ex- “out of” and onus “burden,” and has cognates in other Romance languages, such as Italian esonerare and esonero, and Spanish exonerar. In Romanian, the related verb is exonera, and the noun exonerare is common in formal registers. The word appears in legal texts, government documents, and scholarly writing; in everyday language, synonyms such as absolvire or scutire de răspundere may be used depending on context.

See also: Exoneration, acquittal, absolution, exemption.

Examples: Instanța a exonerat inculpatul de acuzații. Exonerarea nu înseamnă nevinovăție; poate reflecta circumstanțe care justifică sau reduce răspunderea, sau poate reprezenta o scutire administrativă.