• (RP) IPA: /ɛksˈkʌlpətəɹi/, /ɛksˈkʌlpətɹi/
• (America) IPA: /ɛksˈkʌlpəˌtɒɹi/

exculpatory

1. tend#Verb|Tending to excuse#Verb|excuse or clear#Verb|clear of wrongdoing.

   Synonyms: disculpatory, exonerative, vindicatory

   Antonyms: criminative, criminatory, incriminating, incriminatory, inculpatory, nonexculpatory

   • 1800, [Maria Edgeworth], “An Hibernian Tale”, in Castle Rackrent, an Hibernian Tale. […], London: Printed for J[oseph] Johnson, […] [b]y J. Crowder, […], OCLC 1102765995 ↗, footnote, page 29 ↗:

     [T]hey always used the most abject language, and the most humble tone and posture—"Please your honour,—and please your honour's honour," they knew must be repeated as a charm at the beginning and end of every equivocating, exculpatory, or supplicatory sentence— [...]

• disculpate
• disculpation
• disculpatory
• exculpate
• exculpation
• exculpator

• German: entlastend
• Italian: giustificativo, giustificatorio
• Portuguese: exculpante, exculpatório
• Russian: оправда́тельный
• Spanish: autoexculpatorio, exculpatorio