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Exculpation

noun
1.
A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc..  Synonyms: alibi, excuse, self-justification.  "Every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job" , "His transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
2.
The act of freeing from guilt or blame.





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"Exculpation" Quotes from Famous Books



... cousin, you will not fail to arrest Marshal Marillac; it is for the good of my service and for your own exculpation." ...
— Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality. French. • Charles Morris
... lawyer as to your chances of exculpation?' asked Margaret, looking up, and turning ...
— North and South • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
... and Philemon began a faltering explanation and self-exculpation, but he was cut short by his superior saying sharply: "Tush, sir, such language will not make us deal the more gently with your cribs; so if you 'd save something, ...
— Janice Meredith • Paul Leicester Ford
... authority for the destruction of the buildings in which sacrifices were performed. (Geschichte der Christlichen religion ii. p. 156.) An abuse of this kind led to this remarkable oration of Libanius. Neander, however, justly doubts whether this bold vindication or at least exculpation, of Paganism was ever delivered before, or even placed in the hands ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 3 • Edward Gibbon


Words linked to "Exculpation" :   forgiveness, exculpate, alibi, mitigation, vindication, pardon, defense, defence, extenuation


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