exculpation
Example Sentences
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His defenders, meanwhile, seem keen to offer exculpation via diagnosis.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2019
This lack of empathy revealed a man focused only on his own exculpation.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 17, 2019
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
"Nothing could make me accept of such an exculpation," said I, resolutely; "and were it offered in spite of me, I 'll plead guilty to the whole act, and suffer with the rest."
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
