exculpatory

Meaning

Tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.

Opposite of

criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory, inculpatory, nonexculpatory

Synonyms

exonerative

justificatory

exculpative

Translations

exculpatorio

exculpatori

esimente

تبريئي

vrijgepleit

eximente

van blaam gezuiverd

entlastend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪksˈkʌl.pə.tɹi/

Etymology

From exculpate + -ory (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to, serving for’). Exculpate is derived from Medieval Latin exculpātus and Latin exculptus, the perfect passive participle of exculpō, from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + culpa (“defect, fault; crime”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷelp-).