Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable or worthy of exculpation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.

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  • adjective Capable of being exculpated; deserving exculpation.

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Examples

  • Nor does he argue, following the late A.J.P. Taylor, that the Germans were somehow compelled into aggression and therefore exculpable for the war and its conduct.

    Judgment at Nuremberg: An Exchange Bridenthal, Renate 1994

  • And maybe by the end of the season I too will call for Z's head - he is not exculpable.

    Behind the Steel Curtain 2008

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