What is another word for Exculpating?

Pronunciation: [ɛkskˈʌlpe͡ɪtɪŋ] (IPA)

Exculpating is a verb that means to free someone from blame or guilt. Synonyms for exculpating include absolving, acquitting, exonerating, vindicating, pardoning, clearing, and releasing. Each of these synonyms has a slightly different connotation, but they all refer to the act of disproving or clearing someone of responsibility for wrongdoing. When someone is exculpated, it means that they are shown to be innocent or that their actions were justified. Synonyms for exculpating can be useful for adding variety to your writing or for finding the most appropriate word to express a particular meaning.

What are the hypernyms for Exculpating?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Exculpating

Leona had been abusing the ants, partly on account of their having so frightened Leon, and partly because one of the red species had bitten herself the day before; and it was for this reason that her mother had entered into such explanations regarding these creatures, with a view of Exculpating them from the bitter accusations urged against them by Leona.
"Popular Adventure Tales"
Mayne Reid
By this single fact they are judged; without Exculpating myself from the blame I deserve, I prefer it to that resulting from their malignity.
"The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII."
Jean Jacques Rousseau
An anchorite, falsely accused instead of another, takes his punishment of expulsion on himself without Exculpating himself, and his innocence becomes known only through the confession of the real culprit.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers

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