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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