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exculpated

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ex·cul·pate  (kskl-pt, k-skl-)
tr.v. ex·cul·pat·ed, ex·cul·pat·ing, ex·cul·pates
To clear of guilt or blame.
[Medieval Latin exculpre, exculpt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin culpa, guilt.]
ex·culpa·ble (k-sklp-bl) adj.
excul·pation n.
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Adj.1.exculpatedexculpated - freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
absolved, exonerated, vindicated, cleared, clear
clean-handed, guiltless, innocent - free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the principle that one is innocent until proved guilty"


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Albans, and Anna stood fully exculpated in her eyes.
Imagination and Heart by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
A thousand times rather would I have confessed myself guilty of the crime ascribed to Justine, but I was absent when it was committed, and such a declaration would have been considered as the ravings of a madman and would not have exculpated her who suffered through me.
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