Exculpation
Exculpation noun - A setting free from a charge of wrongdoing.
Usage example: evidence that might bring about the exculpation of the defendant
Pardon is a synonym for exculpation in behaviour topic. In some cases you can use "Pardon" instead a noun "Exculpation", when it comes to topics like vindication.
Pardon
Pardon noun - Release from the guilt or penalty of an offense.
Usage example: the criminal is hoping for a presidential pardon
Exculpation is a synonym for pardon in behaviour topic. You can use "Exculpation" instead a noun "Pardon", if it concerns topics such as forgiveness, reprieve, vindication.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- grace and exculpation
- grace and pardon
- mercy and exculpation
- mercy and pardon
- clemency and exculpation
- clemency and pardon
- forgiveness and exculpation
- forgiveness and pardon
- indulgence and exculpation
- indulgence and pardon
- discharge and exculpation
- discharge and pardon
- allowance and exculpation
- allowance and pardon
Both words in one sentence
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I Never Said It Was Poison: Tom and Susan are deliriously happy over Tom's exculpation and imminent pardon, when Tom makes the mistake of wondering who really killed "Emma".
Source: Film / Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
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Pardon and Exculpation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/exculpation/pardon
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Pardon or Exculpation. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/exculpation/pardon.
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