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absolve
To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
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  1. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To forgive misconduct.
exonerate
To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
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  1. To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
  2. To relieve of (a duty, obligation, etc.)
  3. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate.
forgive
To show forgiveness; be inclined to forgive
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  1. To show forgiveness; be inclined to forgive
  2. To relent in being angry or in wishing to exact punishment for (an offense or fault).
  3. To give up resentment against or stop wanting to punish (someone) for an offense or fault; pardon.
absolve
To free from guilt or suspicion; for example, when evidence proves that a suspect is innocent of a crime.
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  1. To free from guilt or suspicion; for example, when evidence proves that a suspect is innocent of a crime.
  2. To give religious absolution to
  3. To pronounce clear of guilt or blame.
clear
(Informal) All the way; completely:
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  1. (Informal) All the way; completely:
  2. To become clear, unclouded, etc.
  3. In a clear manner; so as to be clear
exonerate
To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
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  1. To free from a charge or the imputation of guilt; declare or prove blameless; exculpate
  2. To relieve of (a duty, obligation, etc.)
  3. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate. To clear of guilt or responsibility, particularly to establish the innocence of a prisoner on death row. See also exculpate.
vindicate
To lay claim to or establish possession of (something for oneself or another)
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  1. To lay claim to or establish possession of (something for oneself or another)
  2. To defend or maintain (a cause, claim, etc.) against opposition
  3. To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof:
acquit
To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
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  1. To discharge, as a claim or debt; to clear off; to pay off; to requite, to fulfill.
  2. To clear (a person) of a charge, as by declaring him or her not guilty; exonerate
  3. (Reflexive) To clear one’s self.
purge
(Law) To clear (a person) of a charge or conviction.
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  1. (Law) To clear (a person) of a charge or conviction.
  2. To become clean, clear, or pure
  3. (Computers) To clear (a storage device) of unwanted data.
Find another word for exculpate. In this page you can discover 11 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for exculpate, like: absolve, exonerate, forgive, excuse, absolve, clear, exonerate, vindicate, acquit, purge and law.

Sentence Examples

  • Both men were endeavouring to exculpate themselves, and therefore both statements are subject to suspicion.

  • The change of plan explains, although it may not exculpate, the formlessness and loose construction of the work, its extremes of realistic detail and poetic allegory.

  • He was one of the Scots who met Elizabeth's representatives at York in 1568; here he showed a desire to exculpate Mary and to marry her to the duke of Norfolk, a course of action probably dictated by a desire to avoid all revelations about the Darnley murder.

  • The latter, however, is their present aim, and some attempt appears to have been made in them to exculpate one whose accession finds a Judaean parallel in Jehoram (2 Chron.

  • The notes' bearing upon the interview which he obtained with the king show that he had begun to see more clearly the nature and extent of the offences with which he was charged, that he now felt it impossible altogether to exculpate himself, and that his hopes were directed towards obtaining some mitigation of his sentence.

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