Overview of noun exculpation
The noun exculpation has 2 senses
- excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification -- (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")
- exculpation -- (the act of freeing from guilt or blame)
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