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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Prosecutors opted to retry Read, and she was acquitted of the most serious charges, second-degree murder and leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, in June 2025.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Rogers was acquitted at trial of the more serious charge of conspiracy to commit economic espionage.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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