雪せつ冤えん

せ

つ

え

ん

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

exoneration; clearing of a false charge

Formal, literary term for clearing someone's name or proving innocence after a false accusation. Often used in legal or historical contexts.

彼かれは長なが年ねんの裁さい判ばんの末すえ、ついに雪せつ冤えんを果はたした。
After years of trials, he finally achieved exoneration.
歴れき史し家かはその人

じん

物ぶつ

の

雪せつ

冤えん

に

尽じん

力りょく

し

た

。

The historian worked to clear that person's name.

Written forms

雪せつ冤えん
Formal kanji compound; rarely used in everyday writing. The variant 雪寃 is an alternate character form.
雪せつ寃えん
Variant kanji form using 寃 instead of 冤; even less common.

Kanji

雪snow
冤false charge, hatred
寃grievance, injustice, wrong

Similar words

冤えん罪ざい
冤罪 means 'false charge' or 'miscarriage of justice' (the wrongful accusation itself), while 雪冤 refers to the act of clearing that false charge.
無む罪ざい
無罪 is the general legal term for 'innocence' or 'not guilty', whereas 雪冤 emphasizes the process of proving innocence after being falsely accused.

Etymology

Compound of 雪 (to clear, to wipe away) and 冤 (false charge, injustice). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word is used in formal written Japanese.