self-exculpatory
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“Whatever flaws I have in my moral makeup,” claims the unnamed narrator of James Lasdun’s brilliant new book, “Afternoon of a Faun,” “the self-exculpatory urge has never been among them.”
From The New Yorker • Apr. 30, 2019
The D.O.J. provides partial transcripts of some of those interrogations, in which internal-affairs officers seemed to prompt accused officers to give self-exculpatory answers.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 15, 2017
Medivet answered each accusation with a self-exculpatory statement written in what might be termed Panoramese: "Medivet disapproves of inappropriate comments about animal patients."
From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2010
His words were self-exculpatory; his demeanor did not convince one of his innocence.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I know I've been rotten to you, and I thought you wanted me to help," he explained, in a self-exculpatory tone.
From The Nest Builder by Hale, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson
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