adjective. Tending to clear someone, especially a suspect, of guilt or blame; exonerative.

Fitted or intended to clear from a charge of fault or guilt; exonerating; excusing: as, exculpatory evidence.

Clearing, or tending to clear, from alleged fault or guilt; excusing.

adjective. excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.

adjective. clearing of guilt or blame

"BRAND: I think you would want to press the procedures that were used, see whether the wiretaps have been legitimately authorized, whether all the material that was wiretapped, including some things that we lawyers call exculpatory -- that is, things that tend to prove your innocence -- are not on the tapes or that should be on the tapes and available to you."

inculpatory  

absolvitory  exonerative  extenuating  forgiving  justificative  

96th  anti-competitive  anti-nafta  butclear  damnatory  

excusing  exonerative