Associations to the word «Exculpation»

Wiktionary

EXCULPATION, noun. The act of exculpating from alleged fault or crime; that which exculpates; excuse.

Dictionary definition

EXCULPATION, noun. A defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable".
EXCULPATION, noun. The act of freeing from guilt or blame.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King