NOUN
- the act of freeing from guilt or blame
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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?