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exculpate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈekskəlˌpāt/,
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exculpates, 3rd person singular present; exculpated, past tense; exculpated, past participle; exculpating, present participle;
  1. Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing
    • - the article exculpated the mayor
  1. acquit: pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges"
  2. (exculpated) absolved: freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated"
  3. (exculpation) excuse: a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"
  4. (exculpation) the act of freeing from guilt or blame
  5. (exculpatory) clearing of guilt or blame
  6. In jurisprudence, an excuse or justification is a defense to criminal charges that is distinct from an exculpation. In this context, "to excuse" means to grant or obtain an exemption for a group of persons sharing a common characteristic from a potential liability. ...
  7. Exculpatory evidence is the evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial, which clears or tends to clear the defendant of guilt. It is the opposite of inculpatory evidence, which tends to prove guilt.
  8. To clear of or free from guilt; exonerate
  9. (Exculpation) to remove a party from being in a position of liability.
  10. (Exculpatory) Pertaining to that which relieves of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship; clearing from accusation or blame.
  11. (Exculpatory) Tending to disprove or excuse a charge of fault or guilt.
  12. (Exculpatory) This is a condition in a lease that pardons the landlord from liability for all, injuries damages, or losses that happen on the property, including those produced by landlord actions.
  13. (exculpatory) regarding evidence, tending to establish innocence
  14. Something that excuses or justifies a wrong action.
  15. (v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate (My discovery of the ring behind the dresser exculpated me from the charge of having stolen it.)
  16. To free a person from charge or blame
  17. (v) - to exonerate, to clear