EXCULPATED
absolved, clear, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated
(adjective) freed from any question of guilt; “is absolved from all blame”; “was now clear of the charge of cowardice”; “his official honor is vindicated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
exculpated
simple past tense and past participle of exculpate
Source: Wiktionary
EXCULPATE
Ex*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exculpated, p. pr. & vb. n..
Exculpating ( Etym: [L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find
fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See Culpable.]
Definition: To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless;
to relieve of blame; to acquit.
He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle.
Mason.
I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.
Syn.
– To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition