Dictionary

disculp en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈskəlp/ (US)
• /dɪˈskʌlp/ (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1602; borrowed from French disculper or its own etymon, Medieval Latin disculpō, from dis- + culpō. Doublet of disculpate.

Meanings

1. (rare, transitive) To disculpate.
   • I trusted that the conventional lie that disculps the author of a roman à clef would be recognised for what it was. 1972, Julian Pitt-Rivers, The People of the Sierra:
   • Of nothinge in this one fault […] can I disculpe myselfe. 1602, John Donne, Letter 11 February in A. J. Kempe, Loseley Manuscripts (1836):

Forms

Relateds

culpate · exculpate · culpable · disculpate · mea culpa · culprit · inculpate

Synonyms

vindicate · acquittance · acquit · absolve · exculpate · assoilzie · assoil · disculpate · exonerate · absolve · clear · exculpate · disculp · exonerate