exculpate
verb (used with object)
to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
have exculpated
-
present perfectof exculpate.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
After spending decades in prison, they learned from an article in the Washington Post that prosecutors had withheld evidence that could have exculpated them.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2017
"I have explained to her you love the cause of my singular appearance here, and have exculpated you from all blame on my account."
From The Heart's Secret; Or, the Fortunes of a Soldier: a Story of Love and the Low Latitudes. by Maturin Murray Ballou
To have disclosed these facts before the world would of course have exculpated me, but have injured her.
From The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Charles James Lever
To good men, we think, indeed, that we have exculpated ourselves sufficiently.
From Apology of the Augsburg Confession by Philipp Melanchthon
Put before any jury of the Five Towns as evidence of character, they would almost have exculpated a murderer.
From Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
