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In other words, such is the desire which every one has to exculpate himself by blackening his neighbour.
CLARISSA, VOLUME 6 (OF 9)SAMUEL RICHARDSONBut she turned to me, and tried to exculpate her past violence by dilating upon her wrongs, and they certainly were many.
MY LADY LUDLOWELIZABETH GASKELLFour men were nearer to Mr. Davis than Byrnes was, and all of them exculpate Mr. Davis.
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE EXAMINATION OF CHARLES G. DAVIS, ESQ., ON THE CHARGE OF AIDING AND ABETTING IN THE RESCUE OF A FUGITIVE SLAVEVARIOUSIn the Beowulf it was even desirable, as explained above, to go further, and completely to exculpate the Danish watchers.
BEOWULFR. W. CHAMBERSI am very sorry this has occurred, but you at least will exculpate me from the charge of coquetry.
CLEMENCERETTA BABCOCKThus, she would have had to exculpate herself, and what I wanted was for her to exculpate herself.
CAMILLE (LA DAME AUX CAMILIAS)ALEXANDRE DUMAS, FILSHer aristocratic lover made a movement forward as if to exculpate himself, but he caught Ryder's eye and remained where he was.
THE LION AND THE MOUSECHARLES KLEINIf in thy presence I unfold to him The secrets of heaven's vengeance, let me plead Thine own injunction, to exculpate me.
THE VISION OF PURGATORY, COMPLETEDANTE ALIGHIERIPoor Vincent made a hasty effort to exculpate himself from the soft impeachment, but with no effect.
SALEM CHAPEL, V.1/2MRS. OLIPHANTI do not seek to exculpate myself by pointing a finger at you or by silly and pompous evasions of my responsibility.
GREENER THAN YOU THINKWARD MOOREWORDS RELATED TO EXCULPATE
- acquit
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- blink at
- clear
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- let up on
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- lifeboat
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- release
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- whitewash
- wink at
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- wipe the slate clean
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- advocate
- aid
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- argue
- assert
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- shrug off
- spares
- takes rap for
- tolerates
- vindicates
- whitewashes
- wink at
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