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EXCULPATION

• EXCULPATION (noun)
The noun EXCULPATION has 2 senses:

1. a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.
2. the act of freeing from guilt or blame

Familiarity information: EXCULPATION used as a noun is rare.

• EXCULPATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

exculpation; excuse; self-justification; alibi

Context examples:

he kept finding excuses to stay / every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job / his transparent self-justification was unacceptable

Hypernyms ("exculpation" is a kind of...):

defence; defense; vindication (the justification for some act or belief)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exculpation"):

extenuation; mitigation (a partial excuse to mitigate censure; an attempt to represent an offense as less serious than it appears by showing mitigating circumstances)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The act of freeing from guilt or blame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("exculpation" is a kind of...):

forgiveness; pardon (the act of excusing a mistake or offense)

"Every man has a price."
(English proverb)
"If you put an egg, you get a chicken."
(Albanian proverb)
"Your brother is who gives you a honest advice."
(Arabic proverb)
"The death of one person means bread for another."
(Dutch proverb)

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