Crossword clues for exculpation
exculpation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exculpation \Ex`cul*pa"tion\, n. [Cf. LL. exculpatio.] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
These robbers, however, were men who might have made
out a strong case in exculpation of themselves.
--Southey.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1715, noun of action from exculpate.
Wiktionary
n. The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.
WordNet
n. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable" [syn: excuse, alibi, self-justification]
the act of freeing from guilt or blame
Usage examples of "exculpation".
Miss Vere, with the evidence of my friends who accompany me, too slight for my exculpation, I will be happy--most happy--to repel the charge, as becomes a man who counts his honour dearer than his life.
Surely the experimenters should ask no clearer exculpation from all blame, so far as relates to permissible experimentation on man.
Therefore, although he had not given up all hope of finding proofs of Deroulede's treason, although by the latter's attitude he remained quite convinced that such proof did exist, he was already reckoning upon the cat's paw, the sop he would offer to that Cerberus, the Committee of Public Safety, in exchange for his own exculpation in the matter.