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exculpate

[ ek-skuhl-peyt, ik-skuhl-peyt ]

verb (used with object)

exculpated, exculpating.
  1. to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.


exculpate

/ ɪkˈskʌlpəbəl; ɪkˈskʌlpeɪt; ˈɛkskʌlˌpeɪt /

verb

  1. tr to free from blame or guilt; vindicate or exonerate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ泦ܱˈ貹پDz, noun
  • ˈܱ貹ٴǰ, adjective
  • exculpable, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܱ·貹· [ik-, skuhl, -p, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • ·ܱ·貹·پDz noun
  • non··ܱ·貹· adverb
  • un··ܱ·貹· adjective
  • ܲ··ܱ·貹· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exculpate1

First recorded in 1650–60; from Latin 泦ܱٳܲ “freed from blame,” equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + ܱٳܲ “blamed” (past participle of ܱ; culpable )
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exculpate1

C17: from Medieval Latin 泦ܱ, from Latin ex- 1+ ܱ to blame, from culpa fault, blame
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Many Spaniards are angered by the amnesty bill, which would exculpate politicians and activists who took part in an attempt to separate Catalonia from Spain that reached its apex in 2017.

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An amnesty could exculpate as many as 1,400 activists and politicians involved in the attempt to separate Catalonia from Spain.

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After catching a boat to Chicago, Higgins hypothesized to reporters that the trip through the Straits of Mackinac caused ice to cut the hull; his explanation helped him exculpate his employers.

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He devises a daring, sometimes distracting but ultimately inspired format by saving his commentary for footnotes that contextualize, teasingly contradict and occasionally exculpate Rodgers from her unsparing self-assessments.

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But Jared Kushner’s memoir, “Breaking History,” is, at its core, an extended news release that exists primarily to exculpate its author after his role in one of the most destructive presidential administrations of my lifetime.

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