exculpation

Example Sentences

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This lack of empathy revealed a man focused only on his own exculpation.

From The Guardian

To get a letter of exculpation, O’Brien agrees to take a lie-detector test.

From New York Times

But his feeble attempts at exculpation were not working.

From The Guardian

It was not sworn testimony, but an autobiography with all the self-flattery and exculpation associated with that genre.

From The Guardian

Less convincing are her strained exculpations for Roxelana, insisting that she was not behind various unsavory murders that benefited her.

From New York Times