exonerative en · ADJ
Etymology
From exonerate + -ive.
Meanings
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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’ actions.
2025 January 24, Jonathan Moreno-Medina, Aurelie Ouss, Patrick Bayer, Bocar A. Ba, “Officer-Involved: The Media Language of Police Killings”, in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, →DOI:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more exonerative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most exonerative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
absolutory · exculpatory · exculpatory · absolving · disculpatory · vindicatory · vindicatory · disculpatory · exonerative · absolutionary