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Definitions
clearing of guilt or blame
Word origin
From exculpate + -ory (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to, serving for’). Exculpate is derived from Medieval Latin exculpātus, perfect passive participle of exculpō (“to free from blame, exculpate”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + culpa (“defect, fault; crime”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp-). Cognate with Spanish exculpatorio.
Used in a sentence
“[I]t remains only to examine the Relevancy of the two general exculpatory Defences pled for the Pannells.”
“He [Alexander Pope] wrote an exculpatory letter to the Duke [James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos], who accepted of his excuſe, without believing his profeſſions.”
“This apology, I am not unaware, has been advanced by some of our heroine's friends, and been admitted as exculpatory by others.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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