Definition of Exculpation

1. Noun. A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.. "His transparent self-justification was unacceptable"

Exact synonyms: Alibi, Excuse, Self-justification
Generic synonyms: Defence, Defense, Vindication
Specialized synonyms: Extenuation, Mitigation
Derivative terms: Alibi, Excuse, Excuse, Excuse, Excuse

2. Noun. The act of freeing from guilt or blame.
Generic synonyms: Forgiveness, Pardon
Derivative terms: Exculpate

Definition of Exculpation

1. n. The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

Definition of Exculpation

1. Noun. The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exculpation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exculpation

excruciations
excrudescence
excrudescences
excrutiate
excsc
excubant
excubation
excubitoria
excubitorium
excudit
exculpable
exculpate
exculpated
exculpates
exculpating
exculpation (current term)
exculpations
exculpatory
excur
excurrent
excurse
excursed
excurses
excursing
excursion
excursion rate
excursion steamer
excursionist
excursionists
excursions

Literary usage of Exculpation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Law and Practice of Citation and Diligence: On the Basis of the Late Mr by Robert Campbell, James Johnston Darling (1862)
"Letters of exculpation. When the pannel wishes to cite witnesses, and compel them to attend his trial and give evidence on his behalf,2 he applies to the ..."

2. The Science of Law by Sheldon Amos (1896)
"A similar opposition, and yet likeness, in legal and moral tests is supplied by a consideration of grounds of exculpation, a subject which forms as it were ..."

3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1816)
"•ame ease in lawe as if the exculpation hade not bein raised nor ... that if he think ritt, he muy have the full benefit! and privilege of his exculpation, ..."

4. Letters on College Government, and the Evils Inseparable from the American by Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1855)
"ONE of the objections advanced by the Register against the particular law of this and other Southern colleges, which is known as the " exculpation law," I ..."

5. The Life of Thomas Jefferson by Henry Stephens Randall (1871)
"... exculpation of him—How the Project was crushed—Jefferson's View of it—Meeting of the Law Revisers—Their General Plan—Allotment of their Parts—Meeting of ..."

6. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"exculpation, LETTERS OF.—Is the warrant obtained by an accused party to cite witnesses in exculpation of criminal charges. " No fees or expenses of any ..."

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