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exculpation
[ ek-skuhl-pey-shuhn ]
noun
- clearance from a charge of guilt or fault; vindication:
A biological or environmental explanation for a criminal act does not translate into exculpation of the individual.
- legal protection from charges of guilt or fault:
Each commissioner and officer shall be entitled to exculpation from liability and to indemnification by the District to the extent set forth in the Act.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ô·±ð³æ·³¦³Ü±ô·±è²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô noun
- ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-±ð³æ·³¦³Ü±ô·±è²¹Â·³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of exculpation1
Example Sentences
This lack of empathy revealed a man focused only on his own exculpation.
To get a letter of exculpation, O’Brien agrees to take a lie-detector test.
But his feeble attempts at exculpation were not working.
It was not sworn testimony, but an autobiography with all the self-flattery and exculpation associated with that genre.
Less convincing are her strained exculpations for Roxelana, insisting that she was not behind various unsavory murders that benefited her.
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