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as in compensatory

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verb

present participle of exculpate
as in acquitting
to free from a charge of wrongdoing I will present evidence that will exculpate my client

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  1. exculpatory
  2. acquitting
  3. exonerating
Adjective
  • Key witness testimonies changed over time, the court excluded significant exculpatory evidence and judicial rulings skewed the jury’s view of the evidence against Masterson, his lawyers alleged at the time.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
  • However, even after an officer is taken off the list, prosecutors still maintain those potentially exculpatory records.
    — Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of exculpatory
Verb
  • By acquitting Fisher, the council members had inadvertently exonerated Metze.
    — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Eleven gullible idiots were talked into acquitting because of an imaginary female ailment.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of acquitting
Verb
  • One day later, the agency suddenly reversed its decision, announcing that its test results were a false positive, seemingly exonerating Taylor Farms.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 22 July 2026
  • This evidence is considered among the most important to both sides, potentially either dooming OpenAI as an infringer or exonerating its chatbot technology as a transformative fair use of news sites’ content.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026
Definition of exonerating
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