exculpate
to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
Origin of exculpate
1Other words from exculpate
- ex·cul·pa·ble [ik-skuhl-puh-buhl], /ɪkˈskʌl pə bəl/, adjective
- ex·cul·pa·tion, noun
- non·ex·cul·pa·ble, adverb
- un·ex·cul·pa·ble, adjective
- un·ex·cul·pat·ed, adjective
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How to use exculpate in a sentence
In other words, such is the desire which every one has to exculpate himself by blackening his neighbour.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel RichardsonBut she turned to me, and tried to exculpate her past violence by dilating upon her wrongs, and they certainly were many.
My Lady Ludlow | Elizabeth GaskellFour men were nearer to Mr. Davis than Byrnes was, and all of them exculpate Mr. Davis.
In the Beowulf it was even desirable, as explained above, to go further, and completely to exculpate the Danish watchers.
Beowulf | R. W. ChambersI am very sorry this has occurred, but you at least will exculpate me from the charge of coquetry.
Clemence | Retta Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for exculpate
/ (ˈɛkskʌlˌpeɪt, ɪkˈskʌlpeɪt) /
(tr) to free from blame or guilt; vindicate or exonerate
Origin of exculpate
1Derived forms of exculpate
- exculpable (ɪkˈskʌlpəbəl), adjective
- exculpation, noun
- exculpatory, adjective
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