exculpated
Proven not guilty
Exculpated means cleared of blame or proven not guilty.
To exculpate someone is to free them from accusation or suspicion of wrongdoing: New DNA evidence exculpated the prisoner after twenty years.
The word appears most often in legal and formal contexts, where it contrasts with incriminated or implicated.
Official court decision
- not guiltyCleared of charges
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
- juryLegal decision-making body
judge · defense · prosecution · evidence · testimony · hearing · case · charges
Found not guilty
- justifiedShown to be right
- redeemedExchanged for worth
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
- wrongful convictionErroneous guilty verdict
overturned · DNA evidence · alibi · miscarriage of justice · retrial · appeal · innocence project · compensation
Granted mercy for wrongdoing
- pardonedFormally forgiven for offense
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
- mercyCompassion toward offenders
reprieve · remission · grace · absolution · discharge · redemption · atonement · rehabilitation
Not at fault
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- faultlessFree from any defect
- irreproachableImpossible to criticize
- unimpeachableBeyond criticism or doubt
above suspicion · clean hands · unblemished · untainted · beyond reproach · inculpable
verdict
Official court decision
- not guiltyCleared of charges
- trialJudicial examination of claims
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
jury · judge · defense · prosecution · evidence · testimony · hearing · case · charges · dismissed
cleared
Found not guilty
- justifiedShown to be right
- redeemedExchanged for worth
- exoneratedCleared of wrongdoing
wrongful conviction · overturned · DNA evidence · alibi · miscarriage of justice · retrial · appeal · innocence project · compensation
forgiven
Granted mercy for wrongdoing
- pardonedFormally forgiven for offense
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
- clemencyMerciful treatment of offenders
mercy · reprieve · remission · grace · absolution · discharge · redemption · atonement · rehabilitation · restored
guiltless
Not at fault
- innocentFree from moral wrong
- faultlessFree from any defect
- irreproachableImpossible to criticize
unimpeachable · above suspicion · clean hands · unblemished · untainted · beyond reproach · inculpable
exculpatedconvicted
Judged guilty of crime
found guilty · condemned · sentenced · indicted · prosecuted
exculpatedblamed
Held at fault
inculpated · incriminated · accused · condemned · guilty
exculpate, exculpation, exculpates, exculpating, exculpations