The prosecutor withheld exculpatory evidence.
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Exculpatory
//ɪksˈkʌl.pə.tɹi//
Synonyms for "exculpatory" (8 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 11 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 證明無罪的 /证明无罪的 adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Esperanto
1 entries- senkulpiga adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Finnish
2 entries- syyttömyyttä osoittava adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
- syyttömäksi todistava adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
French
1 entries- à décharge adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
German
1 entries- entlastend adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Italian
2 entries- giustificativo adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
- giustificatorio adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Polish
3 entries- oczyszczający adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
- uniewinniający adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
- usprawiedliwiający adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Portuguese
2 entries- exculpante adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
- exculpatório adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Russian
1 entries- оправда́тельный adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Spanish
2 entries- autoexculpatorio adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
- exculpatorio adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Swedish
1 entries- rättfärdigande adj (tending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing)
Sample sentences
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Tom has been acquitted, thanks to exculpatory statements from witnesses, but there is no trace of the real culprit.
Source: tatoeba (9927961)
[I]t remains only to examine the Relevancy of the two general exculpatory Defences pled for the Pannells.
Source: wiktionary
In the case of the King against Owen, the judge allowed the defendant to produce exculpatory evidence to the jury. In order to shew, that he had no malicious or traitorous intention in publishing the libel, with which he was charged, the court permitted him to plead, that during the rebellion, he had printed many papers in defence of the government and Hanoverian succession.
Source: wiktionary
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