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exculpate
What does exculpate mean?
exculpate (verb): to clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use exculpate in a sentence?
- They hoped the security footage would exculpate the store manager. (Tatoeba sentence #13606002 by rul, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce exculpate?
/ˈɛkskəlpeɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does exculpate come from?
From Medieval Latin exculpātus, perfect passive participle of exculpō, from ex- (“out, from”) + culpa (“fault; blame”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to exculpate
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “exculpate” mean?
to overstate, to describe more than the fact
Not quite: that's what exaggerate means.
to clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate
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to correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.)
Not quite: that's what rectify means.
to jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision
Not quite: that's what scoff means.
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