disculpation
English
Etymology
Compare French disculpation.
Noun
disculpation (plural disculpations)
- 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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