disculpate

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See also: discúlpate

English

Etymology

From post-classical Latin disculpatus, past participle of disculpare (“to disculpate”), from dis- + culpare (“to blame”), culpa (“fault”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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  1. (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate. [from 17th c.]
    • 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, II:
      He […] endeavoured to disculpate the youth, and left no method untried to soften the tyrant's rage.

Anagrams

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