Definition of "exculpating" [exculpating]

• Present participle of exculpate. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "But the play is clearly a coded account of bisexual promiscuity and, without exculpating his hero's reckless selfishness, Williams enters a plea for tolerance and understanding that anticipates later plays of the decade such as Rattigan's Separate Tables."
• "Without exculpating insurers, the high cost of health care in America is due to the high level of utilization, and the high cost of inputs, however worthy individual hospitals and doctors may be, they are far more expensive than their equally competent peers in Europe."
• "It would be fundamentally unjust for patients to have their cases judged by liability standards chosen by ACOG for the purpose of exculpating fellow obstetricians."