To exculpate is defined as to free from guilt or blame.
(verb)An example of to exculpate is telling someone that an accident was not their fault.
See exculpate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb exculpated, exculpating
Origin: < L ex, out + culpatus, pp. of culpare, to blame < culpa, fault
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transitive verb ex·cul·pat·ed, ex·cul·pat·ing, ex·cul·pates
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Origin: Medieval Latin exculpāre, exculpāt-
Origin: : Latin ex-, ex-
Origin: + Latin culpa, guilt
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