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adj. Acting or tending to exculpate.

adj. excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.

Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.

Fitted or intended to clear from a charge of fault or guilt; exonerating; excusing: as, exculpatory evidence.

adj. clearing of guilt or blame

"BRAND: I think you would want to press the procedures that were used, see whether the wiretaps have been legitimately authorized, whether all the material that was wiretapped, including some things that we lawyers call exculpatory -- that is, things that tend to prove your innocence -- are not on the tapes or that should be on the tapes and available to you."

absolvitory    extenuating    vindicatory    exonerative    forgiving    justificatory    justificative   

inculpatory   

excusing    exonerative   

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