EXCULPATED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

exculpated

verb

past tense of exculpate

as in acquitted

to free from a charge of wrongdoing I will present evidence that will exculpate my client

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Recent Examples of exculpated Sources said the boxes contained all of the evidence collected from the Interior Department that exculpated Hearn and several others from criminal vandalism. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

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In the latter half of the 1970s, Montgomery played a victim in A Case of Rape, accused and acquitted murderer Lizzie Borden in The Legend of Lizzie Borden and a pioneer woman in The Awakening Land.

— Justine Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026
Among those tried was Anthony (Tony) White; though he had earlier been acquitted of any connection with the robbery, in October 1995 he was found liable, alongside McAvoy and Robinson, for the full £26 million value of the gold.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

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