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[ ik-skuhl-puh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / ɪkˈskʌl pəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR exculpatory ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivetending to clear from a charge of fault or guilt. Origin of exculpatoryFirst recorded in 1770–80; exculpate + -ory1 OTHER WORDS FROM exculpatorynon·ex·cul·pa·to·ry, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH exculpatoryexculpatory , inculpatoryWords nearby exculpatoryexcruciation, excubitorium, excud., excudit, exculpate, exculpatory, ex curia, excurrent, excursion, excursionist, excursion ticket Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for exculpatoryBy the way, more has happened this week on the exculpatory front. Why Can't "No Scandal" Be Big News?|Michael Tomasky|August 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST Understanding the neurophysiology of the brain, therefore, would seem to be as exculpatory as finding a tumor in it. Is Free Will an Illusion? Sam Harris on His New Book|Sam Harris|March 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST None of that evidence is dispositive--but it is certainly not exculpatory either. Rick Perry's Track Record on Race|Paul Begala|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST But the justice done to Edgar she gloried in, as an apology for her feelings, and exculpatory of her weakness.
As for her refusal to listen to the rest of his story, the important part, the exculpatory part—it was monstrously unjust. The Price of Love|Arnold Bennett The situation was well beyond speech, any exculpatory speech of Ballard's, but there was still an opportunity for deeds. The King of Arcadia|Francis Lynde The outcry against Guarini on this occasion was so great that he found himself obliged to put forth an exculpatory statement. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature|Various Reflections, indignant or exculpatory, on the conduct of the French in this Business are useless to Friedrich, and to us. History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle
Words related to exculpatoryall right, defensible, explainable, fair, forgivable, justifiable, minor, moderate, okay, pardonable, passable, permissible, plausible, reasonable, slight, specious, temperate, tenable, trivial, understandable |