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• v  pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• Every member of the caucus tried to exculpate himself by declaring that he took part in the plot under duress.
• The defendant attempted to exculpate himself by providing an alibi that placed him far from the scene of the crime.
• These days the Kremlin's Communists have one basic task on their minds: they hope, by pinning responsibility for Communist crimes of the past 20 years on Stalin, to exculpate .

• acquit
• assoil
• clear
• discharge
• exonerate

• convict

Quotes

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• William O Douglas in Washington Post
  In reversing the conviction, Justice William O. Douglas said: "A prosecution that withholds evidence on demand of an accused which, if made available, would tend to exculpate him or reduce the penalty helps shape a trial that bears heavily on the...
• Igor Judge in ABS CBN News
  Judge said the legislation did not "exempt, nor make an exception, nor create a defense for, nor exculpate what some would describe as a terrorism in a just cause."