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exculpate
[ ek-skuhl-peyt, ik-skuhl-peyt ]
verb (used with object)
- to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
exculpate
/ ɪkˈskʌlpeɪt; ˈɛkskʌlˌpeɪt; ɪkˈskʌlpəbəl /
verb
- tr to free from blame or guilt; vindicate or exonerate
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Derived Forms
- exˈculpatory, adjective
- exculpable, adjective
- ˌexculˈpation, noun
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Other Words From
- ex·cul·pa·ble [ik-, skuhl, -p, uh, -b, uh, l], 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of exculpate1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exculpate1
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Example Sentences
In other words, such is the desire which every one has to exculpate himself by blackening his neighbour.
But she turned to me, and tried to exculpate her past violence by dilating upon her wrongs, and they certainly were many.
Four 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.
I am very sorry this has occurred, but you at least will exculpate me from the charge of coquetry.
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