exculpate
exculpate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. Mason. I exculpate him further for his writing against me. Milman.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- above
- absolution
- absolve
- acquit
- acquitment
- acquittal
- acquittance
- action
- against
- artless
- assoil
- babe
- bargain
- bis
- blameless
- bloodless
- cause
- civil
- clean
- clear
- clearance
- compurgation
- conscience
- culpa
- curia
- deal
- diplomatic
- discharge
- dove
- drop
- exculpation
- exonerate
- exoneration
- faultless
- for
- forgive
- forgiveness
- free
- from
- get
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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