| 释义 |
exculpatory, a.|ɛksˈkʌlpətəɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ory.]
Of statements, evidence, etc.: Adapted or intended to clear from blame or a charge of guilt; apologetic, vindicatory. Const. of.
1779–81Johnson L.P., Pope Wks. IV. 58 He wrote an exculpatory letter to the Duke. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. III. iv. vii, Witnesses..exculpatory, inculpatory. 1846Grote Greece i. iii. (1862) I. 67 Two exculpatory pleas. 1848Blackw. Mag. LXIII. 594 The statement..is not, however, altogether so exculpatory of the French. |