exculpation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of freeing from guilt or blame (noun.act)
hypernym | : | forgiveness, pardon, |
definition | : | the act of excusing a mistake or offense (noun.act) |
2. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | defence, defense, vindication, |
definition | : | the justification for some act or belief (noun.communication) |
hyponym | : | extenuation, mitigation, |
definition | : | a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances (noun.communication) |
3. the act of freeing from guilt or blame (noun.act)
4. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. (noun.communication)
derivation | : | alibi, |
definition | : | exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize, |
definition | : | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication) |
5. the act of freeing from guilt or blame (noun.act)
6. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. (noun.communication)
derivation | : | alibi, |
definition | : | exonerate by means of an alibi (verb.communication) |
derivation | : | apologise, apologize, excuse, justify, rationalise, rationalize, |
definition | : | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning (verb.communication) |
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