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
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
Meanwhile the summary punishment of plant operatives and midlevel functionaries, exculpating Soviet brass, ranks among its “final show trials,” Higginbotham writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2019
It ends with archive television news footage of voters largely exculpating him after the inquest in 1970.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 5, 2018
Only a few more minutes of liberty remained, and after that all chance of exculpating himself would be gone.
From The Gray Phantom's Return by Herman Landon
