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inculpable, a. Now rare.|ɪnˈkʌlpəb(ə)l|
[ad. late L. inculpābilis, f. in- (in-3) + culpābilis culpable.]
Not culpable; blameless; free from blame.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. Prol. 1 b/1 They knewe not that ony euyll were done in the worlde, ne also what synne was: But they were all utterly Inculpable. 1540–1Elyot Image Gov. 31 Suche personages as neuer were infamed with any vice notable, and whose lyues be inculpable. 1649Jer. Taylor Gt. Exemp. i. v. 153 Little more then sins of pure and inculpable ignorance. 1730Franklin Ess. Wks. 1840 II. 56 If his error is inevitable, or such as..he could not help, he is inculpable. 1858Faber Spir. Confer. (1870) 160 There are inculpable unrealities to which bodily weakness exposes us.
Hence inculpaˈbility = next.
1765G. Canning Patriotism in Sch. Satire (1802) 326 Pitying Justice tacks, in their defence, Inculpability to want of sense. |