exculpation
Americannoun
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clearance from a charge of guilt or fault; vindication.
A biological or environmental explanation for a criminal act does not translate into exculpation of the individual.
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legal protection from charges of guilt or fault.
Each commissioner and officer shall be entitled to exculpation from liability and to indemnification by the District to the extent set forth in the Act.
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His defenders, meanwhile, seem keen to offer exculpation via diagnosis.
From Slate • Dec. 19, 2019
It was not sworn testimony, but an autobiography with all the self-flattery and exculpation associated with that genre.
From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2018
The testimony and evidence are a pileup of contradictions and self-serving exculpation.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016
I don’t think they knew if this was supposed to be condemnation or exculpation.
From Newsweek
"You offered no money to Adair," said St. Jermyn again, as if insisting on this point of exculpation, "but what you have already called a moderate requital for his entertainment?"
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by Kennedy, John Pendleton
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