disculpation

English

Etymology

Compare French disculpation.

Noun

disculpation (plural disculpations)

1. exculpation
   • 1770, Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents:

     This innoxious and ineffectual character, that seems formed upon a plan of apology and disculpation, falls miserably short of the mark of public duty.

References

• “disculpation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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French

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Noun

disculpation f (plural disculpations)

1. exoneration