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disculpate, v.|dɪˈskʌlpeɪt| [f. disculpāt- ppl. stem of med.L. disculpāre: see prec.] trans. To clear from blame or accusation; to exculpate.
1693W. Bates Serm. vii. 249 [Satan's] prevailing Temptations do not disculpate Sinners that yield to them. a1734North Lives I. 40 Being faithful and just, with the testimony of things to disculpate him. 1768H. Walpole Hist. Doubts 122 The authors of the Chronicle of Croyland..charge him directly with none of the crimes, since imputed to him, and disculpate him of others. 1880V. Lee Stud. Italy iv. iv. 173 The hero accused of regicide..and unable to disculpate himself. 1888H. C. Lea Hist. Inquisition I. 43 note, Disculpating himself to Eugenius IV from an accusation of doubting the papal power. |