Leona had been abusing the ants, partly on account of their having so frightened Leon, and partly because one of the red species had bitten herself the day before; and it was for this reason that her mother had entered into such explanations regarding these creatures, with a view of Exculpating them from the bitter accusations urged against them by Leona.
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Mayne Reid
By this single fact they are judged; without Exculpating myself from the blame I deserve, I prefer it to that resulting from their malignity.
"The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII."
Jean Jacques Rousseau
An anchorite, falsely accused instead of another, takes his punishment of expulsion on himself without Exculpating himself, and his innocence becomes known only through the confession of the real culprit.
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers