exculpatory
[ik-skuhl-puh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- tending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt.
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Origin of exculpatory
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Contemporary Examples
By the way, more has happened this week on the exculpatory front.
Understanding the neurophysiology of the brain, therefore, would seem to be as exculpatory as finding a tumor in it.
None of that evidence is dispositive--but it is certainly not exculpatory either.
Historical Examples
That this, indeed, had been followed by an exculpatory declaration.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. I (of 9)Thomas Jefferson
All exculpatory arguments were futile against the fact itself.
Hilda LesswaysArnold Bennett
Jay, angered at the injustice of a reproof which belonged more especially to him, drew up an exculpatory statement.
Benjamin FranklinJohn Torrey Morse, Jr.
The outcry against Guarini on this occasion was so great that he found himself obliged to put forth an exculpatory statement.
These two points are stated plainly in the "exculpatory word" prefixed to the reprint in 1868.
An Introduction to the Study of BrowningArthur Symons
Word Origin and History for exculpatory
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