clearing vs exoneration

clearing and exoneration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
clearing	Yes	No	No	No
exoneration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, exoneration is a hyponym of clearing; that is, exoneration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clearing:

clearing: the act of freeing from suspicion
exoneration: the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.

Other hyponyms of clearing include purgation, purge, purging, vindication, whitewash.

clearing (noun)	exoneration (noun)
the act of freeing from suspicion	the act of vindicating or defending against criticism or censure etc.
the act of removing solid particles from a liquid	the condition of being relieved from blame or obligation
a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area