exculpation
Example Sentences
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His defenders, meanwhile, seem keen to offer exculpation via diagnosis.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2019
But his feeble attempts at exculpation were not working.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2018
The testimony and evidence are a pileup of contradictions and self-serving exculpation.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2016
I don’t think they knew if this was supposed to be condemnation or exculpation.
From Newsweek
A man's avocation may be at once his ruin and his exculpation.
From The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
