exculpate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛkskəlpeɪt/
Etymology
From Medieval Latin exculpātus, perfect passive participle of exculpō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ex- (“out, from”) + culpa (“fault; blame”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Meanings
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To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected. Northrop knew all about Tony's flirtation with Lucy Davidson, but it also knew a good deal more about that lady than Tony did, and exculpated him.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 4, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:Only a handful of defendants who are ignorant of the law succeed in exculpating themselves on either of the grounds discussed in Part B.[…]In the examples to which I will refer, defendants who make mistakes of law are exculpated by denying mens rea—the mechanism I described in Part C through which all defendants are exculpated when they plead ignorance of fact.
2016, Douglas Husak, Ignorance of Law, Oxford University Press, page 113:1896, Edward Manson, J. S. Henderson (editors), Reports of Cases in Bankruptcy and Companies' Winding-Up, Volume 3, Sweet & Maxwell, page 72, When one comes to look at subsection 7, it is quite clear that the Court can only allow expenses to a person ordered to attend for examination if in the opinion of the Court he is exculpated from any of the charges made or suggested against him.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| exculpating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| exculpates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| exculpated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| exculpated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Antonyms
cop out · defame · indict · indict · criminate · accuse · inculpate · bumble · inculpate · blame · challenge · tax · twit · finger · denounce · point the bone · lay at someone's door · accriminate · atwite · patronize · appeach · becry · lay on · incriminate · put it to · accuse · wite · put the blame on · inculpate · shend · lay something at the feet of · arraign · blame · decry · incriminate · charge · fault · condemn · have up
Deriveds
Relateds
culpate · exculpatory · culpable · disculp · mea culpa · culprit · exculpation · inculpate
Synonyms
disculpate · acquit · pardon · disculpate · acquit · absolve · assoil · exonerate · absolve · disculp · exculpate · vindicate · acquittance · assoilzie · exonerate · clear
Translations (18)
bg оправдавам (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · hu tisztáz (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · sv rentvå (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · hu felment (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pt exculpar (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pl oczyszczać (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pl usprawiedliwiać (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · hi दोषमुक्त करना (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pl usprawiedliwić (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · ru опра́вдывать (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · sv frikänna (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · hu kiment (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · ru оправда́ть (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · es exculpar (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · sv rättfärdiga (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pl uniewinniać (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pl uniewinnić (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate) · pl oczyścić (to clear of or free from guilt; exonerate)