exonerative
11Mistakes were made — is an expression that is commonly used as a rhetorical device, whereby a speaker acknowledges that a situation was handled poorly or inappropriately but seeks to evade any direct admission or accusation of responsibility by using the passive… …
12exonerate — exoneration, n. exonerative, adj. exonerator, n. /ig zon euh rayt /, v.t., exonerated, exonerating. 1. to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate: He was exonerated from the accusation of cheating. 2. to relieve, as from… …
13exculpatory — adjective /ək.ˈskʌɫ.pə.ˌtɔ.ri/ excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing. Syn: exonerative …
14exonerate — [ɪg zɒnəreɪt, ɛg ] verb 1》 officially absolve from blame. 2》 (exonerate someone from) release someone from (a duty or obligation). Derivatives exoneration noun exonerative adjective Origin ME: from L. exonerat , exonera …
15exculpatory — a. Excusatory, vindicative, vindicatory, exonerative …
16excusatory — a. 1. Apologetical. 2. Vindicative, vindicatory, exculpatory, exonerative …
17extenuating — adjective a just decision must allow for extenuating circumstances Syn: mitigating, excusing, exonerative, palliative, justifying, justificatory, vindicating; formal exculpatory …
18apologetic — adj 1. sorry, regretful, remorseful, contrite, in sackcloth and ashes; expiatory, penitential, penitent, repentant; conscience stricken, conscience smitten, rueful, compunctious; self reproachful, self condemnatory, self condemning, self… …
19exculpatory — adj 1. acquitting, compurgatory, exonerative, exonerating, vindicatory, vindicative, vindicating, exculpating; absolutory, absolvent, absolving, forgiving, pardoning, excusatory, excusing, remissive, remitting. 2. clement, lenient, indulgent,… …
20excusatory — adj exculpatory, exonerative, vindicatory, vindicative; apologetic, justificatory; extenuating, mitigating …
