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

The poor fellow was universally commiserated by high and low, and even among the officers a voice was raised now and then in exculpation.

From A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day by Bilse, Fritz Oswald