<h1>Exon</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex"on</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>expect</ets> an under officer.]</ety> <def>An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>
<h1>Exonerate</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*on"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Exonerated</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Exonerating</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>exoneratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>exonerare</ets> to free from a burden; <ets>ex</ets> out, from <ets>onerare</ets> to load, <ets>onus</ets> load. See <er>Onerous</er>.]</ety>
<p><b>1.</b> <def>To unload; to disburden; to discharge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>All <b>exonerate</b> themselves into one common duct. <i>Ray.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; <as>as, to <ex>exonerate</ex> one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice</as>.</def>
<i>Burke.</i>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To discharge from duty or obligation, as a ball.</def>
<syn>Syn>- To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See <er>Absolve</er>.</syn>
<h1>Exoneration</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*on`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>exoneratio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>Exon\'82ration</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge.</def>
<h1>Exonerative</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*on"er*a*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.</def>
<h1>Exonerator</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*on"er*a`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., an unloader.]</ety> <def>One who exonerates or frees from obligation.</def>
<h1>Exophthalmia</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex`oph*thal"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Nl.,fr. Gr. <?/ with prominent eyes; <?/ out + <?/ the eye.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.</def>
<h1>Exophthalmic</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex`oph*thal"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, exophthalmia.</def>
<cs><col>Exophthalmic golter</col>. <cd>Same as <er>Rasedow's disease</er>.</cd></cs>
<mhw><h1>Exophthalmos, Exophthalmus</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex`oph*thal"mos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ex`oph*thal"mus</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></mhw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Exophthalmia</er>.</def>
<h1>Exophthalmy</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex`oph*thal"my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Exophthalmia.</def>
<h1>Exophyllous</h1> <Xpage=523>
<hw>Ex*oph"yl*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Exo-</ets> + Gr. <?/ .]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Not sheathed in another leaf.</def>
<h1>Exoplasm</h1> <Xpage=523>
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