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单词 disculpate
释义

disculpate

See also: discúlpate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): [ˈdɪskʌɫpeɪt], [ˈdɪskʊɫpeɪt]

Verb

disculpate (third-person singular simple present disculpates, present participle disculpating, simple 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.

Anagrams

  • duplicates, spiculated
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