exculpation

Examples

• All

• The court of appeals, fully aware of this, reversed the innocent district judge's full exculpation of the company and permitted the government to win.

  Academic text (1991)

• All Mr. Irving's little fictions, all his tweaks of the evidence, all tend in the same direction, the exculpation of Adolf Hitler.

  Denial (2016)

• What is to be done with the desire for exculpation?

  Fiction book (1998)

• "It was too wet to lie out there," I said in exculpation and then remembered I was supposed to be dead.

  Fiction book (1990)

• But do not breathe a sigh of relief for the moral exculpation of our species.

  Academic text (1991)

• When a major biblical character appears to fall into sin, Challoner's exculpation is total: no sin was committed.

  Academic text (2006)

• This is not a "fog of war" argument aimed at exculpation, but rather a detailed rehearsal of historical facts to deepen understanding.

  Academic text (2006)

• The fact she hasn't leads me to deduce that her exculpation isn't so neat and clean.

  Blog text (30)

• The lawyer presented evidence that led to the exculpation of his client, proving he was not involved in the crime.

• After the investigation revealed new facts, the committee issued an official exculpation of the organization's actions.

Synonyms

I

innocence

vsexculpation

159 3.4

Not guilty of a crime

describes the act of clearing blame rather than the resulting state

A

acquittal

vsexculpation

41 7.1

An official court decision that a person is not guilty of a crime

is the general act of clearing blame beyond a specific legal verdict

V

vindication

vsexculpation

29 7.4

Proof that shows someone was right or not to blame after people doubted them

focuses on clearing blame or proving innocence rather than proving rightness

E

exoneration

vsexculpation

• Formal

10 7.9

An official clearing of a person from blame after being accused

is the general act of clearing blame beyond formal declaration

P

purging

vsexculpation

1 7.4

Clearing someone of blame or shame

is focused on the act of proving innocence rather than removing stigma

C

clearing

vsexculpation

1 6.0

Removing doubt about someone so they are not blamed anymore

is about proving innocence rather than just reducing suspicion

P

purgation

vsexculpation

• Formal

9.9

An act that clears someone from blame or suspicion

is the same action but emphasises proof of not being guilty

I

inculpability

vsexculpation

• Formal

9.9

A state of not being blamed for doing something wrong

is the action that establishes that condition rather than naming it

Antonyms

A

accusation

394 3.1

A statement that someone did something wrong or illegal, even if it is not proven

How Clear

acquittal

41 7.1

exculpation

• Formal

1 9.9

vindication

29 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology