Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Freeing from blame or fault; exculpation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Exculpation.
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- noun
exculpation
Etymologies
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Examples
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This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. Edmund Burke 1763
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This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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Now, nobody is asking to forget the Bush phallacy even before it came to an end, but this disculpation of one person by pointing at his/her predecessor’s actions, especially out of the pen of a Nobel prize winner, is just not what we need right now.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama to Krugman: Show Me The Workable Ideas! 2009
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