1. clearing someone from blame or guilt; proving someone is not responsible for wrongdoing
Usage: present participle of exculpate; formal

Examples

• The new evidence was exculpating the defendant in the robbery case.
• The witness testimony was exculpating her from any involvement in the scandal.
• The security footage was exculpating the employee who had been accused of theft.
• The investigation focused on exculpating innocent suspects.
• The lawyer spent hours exculpating his client before the jury.
• The DNA results were exculpating the man who had been wrongly convicted.