Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Freeing from blame or fault; exculpation.
Wiktionary
- n. exculpation
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Exculpation.
Etymologies
- Compare French disculpation. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty.”
“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!
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