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exculpation

NOUN
  1. the act of freeing from guilt or blame
  2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
    every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job
    his transparent self-justification was unacceptable
    he kept finding excuses to stay

How To Use exculpation In A Sentence

  • The most likely motives to cause one to falsely inculpate another are currying favor, revenge, and exculpation.
  • Its content mainly includes the confession of a suspect or a defendant to acknowledge a crime and his exculpation to declare himself innocent or guilty of a venial crime.
  • Certainly, lines of inquiry which may conduce to exculpation is one of the hallmarks of material to be disclosed.
  • Sir Hugh, with entreaties that he would write a few lines to Mrs. Tyrold, in exculpation of her sorrowing daughter. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
  • While the author admits these flaws in varying measure, at some point, her self-deprecating accounts of her romps seem more like gimmicky braggadocio rather than self-reflective criticism much less exculpation for region-wide offenses. C. Christine Fair: Baffled by The Taliban Shuffle
  • And while that might, regrettably, remain a statement of fact about an imperfect world - it shouldn't in any way take on the colour of an exculpation, which is what the current law gives it. The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • When I refer to ‘defence’ there, I mean it is an evidentiary burden cast on the accused which is in the nature of exculpation, justification or vindication.
  • Its content mainly includes the confession of a suspect or a defendant to acknowledge a crime and his exculpation to declare himself innocent or guilty of a venial crime.
  • Where we disagree, then, is on the relative merit of before-the-fact permission and retroactive exculpation.
  • Aren't you reassured by this (e.g. the EFSA exculpation of BPA)," she sneered. Jon Entine: With the European Union and a Slew of New Studies Reaffirming the Safety of BPA, At What Point Will the Science Prevail?
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