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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

exculpação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: eskulpasˈãw

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Exculpation/ˌɛk.skʌlˈpeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #34200 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A confissão do verdadeiro culpado resultou na exculpação dele."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action of clearing someone from alleged fault or guilt.

    "The discovery of new DNA evidence led to the complete exculpation of the wrongfully convicted man."
  2. 2

    A defense or statement that frees someone from blame or responsibility.

    "Her detailed logbook served as an exculpation against charges of professional negligence."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin ecclesiastical and legal term 'exculpatio', stemming from the verb 'exculpare' (to clear from blame), which combines the prefix 'ex-' (out of, away from) and 'culpa' (fault, blame). Entered the English language in the late 16th century through legal and theological discourses.

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