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)
- (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.
- 1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, II:
Anagrams
- duplicates, spiculated