exculpation
noun
clearance from a charge of guilt or fault; vindication.
self-exculpation
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a word derived from
exculpation.
Example Sentences
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This is not something Hughes himself could ever have written about directly: it would have looked too much like self-exculpation.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2015
The Promise is a glossy exercise in self-exculpation.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2011
Later it will turn out that this habit of self-exculpation masks a deeper tendency toward self-blame, but in any case Emilia is an interestingly complicated person.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2011
It was infamous, cowardly, cruel beyond degree, to cast her vote against me without giving me a chance of self-exculpation.
From At Last by Marion Harland
She wouldn't explain herself; she wouldn't seek self-exculpation; and while, with all her humility, Mary felt that as a little stinging, she felt it, also, as something of a relief.
From A Fountain Sealed by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
