disculpate
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: [ˈdɪskʌɫpeɪt], [ˈdɪskʊɫpeɪt]
Verb

disculpate (disculpates, present participle disculpating; past and past participle disculpated)

  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.



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