verb
- cleared from blame or guilt; declared not responsible for wrongdoing
Usage: past participle of exculpate; formal
Examples
- The new evidence exculpated the defendant completely.
- She was exculpated of all charges after the investigation.
- The witness testimony exculpated him from any involvement in the crime.
- DNA evidence exculpated the wrongly convicted man after twenty years.
- The audit exculpated the company from financial misconduct.
- He felt relieved to be exculpated by the committee’s findings.