exculpate
verb/ˈekskʌlpeɪt/
/ˈekskʌlpeɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they exculpate | /ˈekskʌlpeɪt/ /ˈekskʌlpeɪt/ |
| he / she / it exculpates | /ˈekskʌlpeɪts/ /ˈekskʌlpeɪts/ |
| past simple exculpated | /ˈekskʌlpeɪtɪd/ /ˈekskʌlpeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle exculpated | /ˈekskʌlpeɪtɪd/ /ˈekskʌlpeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form exculpating | /ˈekskʌlpeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈekskʌlpeɪtɪŋ/ |
- exculpate somebody to prove or state officially that somebody is not guilty of something
- The defendant was able to exculpate himself from liability.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin exculpat- ‘freed from blame’, from the verb exculpare, from ex- ‘out, from’ + Latin culpa ‘blame’.
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