| 单词 | exculpatory |
| 释义 | exculpatory (once / 62537 pages) adj Does the blood on the kitchen knife not match that on the accused's clothes? That's exculpatory evidence: anything that clears someone or something of guilt or blame is exculpatory. Exculpatory comes from the Latin word exculpat, meaning "freed from blame." The verb exculpate means to free from guilt or blame. Both words are used most often in a legal or technical sense rather than in everyday conversation — unless of course you're trying to show off. WORD FAMILYexculpate: exculpated, exculpates, exculpating, exculpation, exculpatory+/exculpation: exculpations USAGE EXAMPLESSupreme Court ruling that found prosecutors in Maryland wrongly withheld exculpatory information from defense lawyers in a murder case. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) But once again the President added a seemingly exculpatory comment about the target of an ongoing investigation. The New Yorker(Oct 30, 2016) He claimed the existence of "substantial" exculpatory evidence then, too, promising to make it "public in an appropriate way and at an appropriate time." US News(Oct 14, 2016) adj clearing of guilt or blame Syn|Ant absolvitory, exonerative, forgiving providing absolution extenuatingpartially excusing or justifying justificative, justificatory, vindicatoryproviding justification clean-handed, guiltless, innocentfree from evil or guilt inculpative, inculpatory causing blame to be imputed to accusative, accusatory, accusing, accusivecontaining or expressing accusation comminatory, denunciative, denunciatorycontaining warning of punishment condemnatory, condemningcontaining or imposing condemnation or censure criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatorycharging or suggestive of guilt or blame damnatory, damningthreatening with damnation recriminative, recriminatorycountering one charge with another guiltyresponsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act |
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