ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Exonerative

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Exonerative is an adjective meaning exonerating; tending to exonerate.

Meaning

exonerating; tending to exonerate.

Example Sentences

Journalist Radley Balko has coined the term “exonerative tense” for […] language structures [specifically designed to diminish the central, active role of police officers in the killings] to highlight their apparent aim of dampening negative judgments about the appropriateness of the officers’ actions.

Synonyms for exonerative

Depending on context, synonyms include exculpatory, vindicatory, absolutionary, absolutory, absolving, forgiving.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include exculpatory, absolvitory, forgiving, expiatory, exonic, excommunicatory.

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