EXCULPATION

exculpation. Exculpation, n. excuse, clear, free, justify

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Ex′cul‐pa″tion (?), n. [[Cf. LL. exculpatio.]] The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse. These robbers, however, were men who might have made out a strong case in exculpation of themselves. Southey.