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Definition: Exculpatory |
ExculpatoryAdjective1. Clearing of guilt or blame. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exculpatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references) |
| Antonym: inculpatory (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Vindication | Adjective: vindicated, vindicating; Verb: exculpatory; apologetic. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exculpatory |
| English words defined with "exculpatory": Disculpatory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "exculpatory": Exculpatory Clause. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | The warnings required and the waiver needed are, in the absence of a fully effective equivalent, prerequisites to the admissibility of any statement, inculpatory or exculpatory, made by a defendant. (reference) |
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| "Exculpatory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exculpatory" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "exculpatory": exculpatory clause. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
evidence exculpatory | 7 |
clause exculpatory | 4 |
exculpatory | 4 |
evidence exculpatory rule | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exculpatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shfajësues (apologetic, apologetical, exonerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مبرىء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | оправдателен (apologetic, apologetical, excusatory, exonerative, justifiable, justificative, justificatory, palliative, vindicatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 开脱罪责. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | omluvný (apologetic, excusatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fritagelsesbestemmelse (exculpatory clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verontschuldigingsclausule (exculpatory clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vastuunkieltolauseke (exculpatory clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | éléments charge et décharge (incriminating and exculpatory evidence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Freizeichnungsklausel (exculpatory clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απαλλακτική ρήτρα (disclaimer, exculpatory clause, hold harmless, release clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | igazoló (apologetical, corroborative, corroboratory, justificative, justificatory), felmentő. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | clausola esonerativa della responsabilit (exculpatory clause), clausola discolpatoria (exculpatory clause). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exculpatoryay justificação (clearing, digital stuffing, justification, justifying, legitimist, pulse stuffing, reason, substantiation, vindication, warrant, warranty, wherefore), ilibatório. (various references) justificativ (justificative, justificatory, relevant, vindicative). (various references) оправдывающий. (various references) koji teži da se oslobodi krivice. (various references) justificante (source document, supporting documents, voucher). (various references) urskuldande (apologetic, deprecatory, exculpation, excuse). (various references) реабілітуючий (exculpative, exonerative), виправдувальний (exculpative). (various references) để giải tội, để b o chữa (justificative, justificatory, vindicative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Exculpatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: esculpatory, exclpatory, exclupatory, exculaptory, exculperatory, exculpratory, exculptory. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "exculpatory" (pronounced e'ksku"lputô'rē) |
| 6 | -p u t ô' r ē | anticipatory, participatory. |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, ambulatory, articulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, confirmatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, contributory, declaratory, defamatory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, dilatory, discriminatory, dormitory, excretory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inflammatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oratory, oscillatory, predatory, preparatory, prohibitory, purgatory, reformatory, regulatory, repository, respiratory, retaliatory, revelatory, signatory, statutory, territory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-p-r-t-u-x-y" | |
-2 letters: peculator. | |
-3 letters: acetoxyl, calotype, calypter, copulate, eucalypt, octuplex, opercula, outcaper, pectoral, xylocarp. | |
-4 letters: acolyte, acutely, apteryx, caloyer, caltrop, capture, cautery, cloture, clouter, copulae, copular, coteaux, coulter, coupler, couplet, courtly, cruelty, cryptal, cutlery, ectypal, exactly, exactor, exocarp, locater, octuple, octuply, outleap, outpace, outplay, outpray, outrace, outyelp, peartly, peytral, plectra, polecat, poulter, poultry, prelacy, prolate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 63 75 6C 70 61 74 6F 72 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01100011 01110101 01101100 01110000 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x c u l p a t o r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0063 0075 006C 0070 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3990698778826786818491 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Historic | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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