exculpation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exculpation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exculpation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exculpation n 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" Synonym(s): excuse, alibi, exculpation, self-justification the act of freeing from guilt or blame
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exculpation \Ex`culpa"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.