exculpationn.

/ɛkskʌlˈpeɪʃən/

Etymology: < exculpate v.: see -ation suffix.

a. The action of exculpating or clearing from blame, or from an alleged crime; an instance of this; a ground or means of exculpating; an excuse or a vindication.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation

skering1297

sunyinga1400

discharge1449

cleansingc1568

disaggravating1598

clearing1604

assoilment1611

washing1612

disblaminga1641

disculpation1649

acclearmenta1670

exculpationa1715

whitewashing1768

expurgation1828

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 580 In Scotland the law allows of an exculpation, by which the prisoner is suffered before his trial to prove the thing to be impossible.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxi. 154 She..maintained a sort of ceremonious distance, which she thought..requisite..for her own exculpation.

1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 100 To bear..Witnessing.. anent the said Complainer's Innocence and Exculpation of the Crime libelled against him.

1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. vi. 619 The madness of a short fit of passion..is incapable of proof; and therefore is not admitted in human tribunals as an exculpation.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 185 Ramorny did not attempt an exculpation.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 238 Without seeking to offer any exculpation for what offends us in the moral sensibilities of the Greeks.

b. letters of exculpation n. Scots Law a warrant issued to a defender in a criminal prosecution for citing witnesses in his defence.

ΚΠ

1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1838) iv. v. 1123 Letters of exculpation are granted of course, at the suit of a defender in a criminal trial, for citing witnesses, etc.

1861 in G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev.ed.) 354/2.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	exculpation
释义	exculpationn. /ɛkskʌlˈpeɪʃən/ Etymology: < exculpate v.: see -ation suffix. a. The action of exculpating or clearing from blame, or from an alleged crime; an instance of this; a ground or means of exculpating; an excuse or a vindication. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > [noun] > exculpation skering1297 sunyinga1400 discharge1449 cleansingc1568 disaggravating1598 clearing1604 assoilment1611 washing1612 disblaminga1641 disculpation1649 acclearmenta1670 exculpationa1715 whitewashing1768 expurgation1828 a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 580 In Scotland the law allows of an exculpation, by which the prisoner is suffered before his trial to prove the thing to be impossible. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle I. xxi. 154 She..maintained a sort of ceremonious distance, which she thought..requisite..for her own exculpation. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 100 To bear..Witnessing.. anent the said Complainer's Innocence and Exculpation of the Crime libelled against him. 1788 T. Reid Ess. Active Powers Man iv. vi. 619 The madness of a short fit of passion..is incapable of proof; and therefore is not admitted in human tribunals as an exculpation. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth vii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 185 Ramorny did not attempt an exculpation. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 238 Without seeking to offer any exculpation for what offends us in the moral sensibilities of the Greeks. b. letters of exculpation n. Scots Law a warrant issued to a defender in a criminal prosecution for citing witnesses in his defence. ΚΠ 1773 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1838) iv. v. 1123 Letters of exculpation are granted of course, at the suit of a defender in a criminal trial, for citing witnesses, etc. 1861 in G. Ross W. Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (rev.ed.) 354/2. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.a1715
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