Exculpated (Adjective)
Meaning
Freed from any question of guilt; "is absolved from all blame"; "was now clear of the charge of cowardice"; "his official honor is vindicated".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The man was exculpated when the real culprit came forward and confessed to the crime.
- Years after the event, the names of those people who were wrongly accused were finally exculpated.
- The new evidence exculpated the defendant and led to a full acquittal.
- The police investigation exculpated the suspect and shifted the focus to other potential perpetrators.
- The DNA test results exculpated the wrongly accused man and he was released from prison after 10 years.