exonerative
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exonerative
Where it comes from
From exonerate + -ive.
adjective more exonerative · most exonerative
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exonerating; tending to exonerate.
Journalist Radley Balko has coined the term “exonerative tense” for […] language structures [specifically designed to diminish the central, active role of police officers in the killings] to highlight their apparent aim of dampening negative judgments about the appropriateness of the officers’ actio
Similar: disculpatory, exculpatory, vindicatory, absolutionary, absolutory, absolving, exonerative
Talk about this word "exonerative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/exonerative. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. exonerative. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/exonerative "exonerative." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/exonerative.Cite this
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title = {exonerative},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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