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disculpate

verb
/ˈdɪskʌɫpeɪt/UK

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin disculpātus, perfect passive participle of disculpō (“to disculpate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- (“off”, denoting the ending of an action) + culpō (“to blame”), from culpa (“fault”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of disculp.

  1. borrowed from disculpātus

Definitions

  1. To free from blame or the imputation of a fault

    To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.

    • He […] endeavoured to disculpate the youth, and left no method untried to soften the tyrant's rage.

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