exculpate
verb (used with object)
to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
exculpating
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present participleof exculpate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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But the judge ruled that "far from exculpating her, it incriminates her or reinforces the correctness" of her conviction.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
But the overhauled ending, which sheds more light on the title character’s motivation without exculpating him, suggests the difficulty of what’s being dramatically attempted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
Even Ihsan’s parents’ statements exculpating Ameen were invalid; their only admissible testimony was what was written by Dhiya, which they insist is fraudulent.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 20, 2020
It ends with archive television news footage of voters largely exculpating him after the inquest in 1970.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2018
Such action might hamper the London bureau and hasten a crisis exculpating the Laniers.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Carson Jay Lee
