disculpationn.
/ˌdɪskʌlˈpeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdɪskəlˈpeɪʃən/ The action or an act of absolving from blame; exoneration, exculpation.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation
skering1297
sunyinga1400
discharge1449
cleansingc1568
disaggravating1598
clearing1604
assoilment1611
washing1612
disblaminga1641
disculpation1649
acclearmenta1670
exculpationa1715
whitewashing1768
expurgation1828
1649 in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) I. 124 The deputies..find themselves highly obliged, for their own disculpation, to declare against the same as follows.
1738 tr. G. F. Loredano Hist. Adam & Eve 39 Listening to the Woman's Disculpation.
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. x. 252 This disculpation under the hand of a Secretary of State was remarkable.
1812 Morning Chron. 26 Oct. They shall then be vindicated, not in the tame spirit of apology and disculpation, [etc.].
1891 W. M. Rossetti Shelley's Adonais 9 Arguments..tending to Harriet's disculpation.
1940 T'oung Pao 36 86 The tenor of the ‘Diary’ is the disculpation of Jung-lu.
1997 M. Hobson in M. Slater Women voice Men 16 Feminist disculpations of Emma.
2001 Independent (Nexis) 28 Dec. 3 That, of course, may be a self-serving disculpation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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