transitive verb
-·pat·ed, -·pat·ing to free from blame; declare or prove guiltless
Origin of exculpate
from Classical Latin ex, out + culpatus, past participle of culpare, to blame from culpa, fault
verb
To exculpate is defined as to free from guilt or blame.
An example of to exculpate is telling someone that an accident was not their fault.
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exculpate
transitive verb
ex·cul·pat·ed, ex·cul·pat·ing, ex·cul·patesTo clear of guilt or blame.
Origin of exculpate
Medieval Latin exculpāre exculpāt-Latin ex- ex- Latin culpa guiltRelated Forms:
- ex·cul′pa·ble
adjective
- ex′cul·pa′tion
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present exculpates, present participle exculpating, simple past and past participle exculpated)
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exculpate - Legal Definition
v
To clear of suspicion; to
determine the innocence of another.
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Sentence Examples
- Both men were endeavouring to exculpate themselves, and therefore both statements are subject to suspicion.
- The change of plan explains, although it may not exculpate, the formlessness and loose construction of the work, its extremes of realistic detail and poetic allegory.
Words near exculpate in the dictionary
- exculpate
- exculpated
- exculpates
- exculpating