adjective · rare

exculpatory

ex·cul·pat·o·ry

exculpatory · more exculpatory · most exculpatory

оправдательный

entlastend

Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoingTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.

UK/ɪksˈkʌl.pə.tɹi/US/ɛksˈkʌl.pəˌtɔ.ɹi/

» The prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence.

Meaning

1 senses

Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
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More definitions

clearing of guilt or blame

Examples

2 sentences

The prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence.
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Tom has been acquitted, thanks to exculpatory statements from witnesses, but there is no trace of the real culprit.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing:

Origin

From exculpate + -ory (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to, serv

From exculpate + -ory (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to, serving for’). Exculpate is derived from Medieval Latin exculpātus, perfect passive participle of exculpō (“to free from blame, exculpate”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + culpa (“defect, fault; crime”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp-). Cognate with Spanish exculpatorio.

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