exculpation

Example Sentences

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His defenders, meanwhile, seem keen to offer exculpation via diagnosis.

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2019

The testimony and evidence are a pileup of contradictions and self-serving exculpation.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2016

Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britainby John Darwin This is not because Darwin is out to offer exculpation or vindication – far from it.

From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2012

I don’t think they knew if this was supposed to be condemnation or exculpation.

From Newsweek

Follows the Witnesses adduced by the Panels in exculpation.

From Trial of Duncan Terig, alias Clerk, and Alexander Bane Macdonald for the Murder of Arthur Davis, Sergeant in General Guise's Regiment of Foot by Scott, Walter, Sir