disculpv.

Brit.

/dɪˈskʌlp/, U.S.

/dᵻˈskəlp/

Forms: 1600s disculpe, 1600s– disculp.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French disculper; Latin disculpare.

Etymology: < (i) French disculper (c1535 in Middle French as discoulper ; compare Old French descouper (c1167)), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin disculpare to clear from blame or accusation (11th cent. in reflexive use; early 15th cent. in transitive use) < classical Latin dis- dis- prefix + culpāre culpate v. Compare Occitan disculpar (1696), Spanish desculpar (a1250 or earlier), Portuguese desculpar (1352), Italian discolpare (a1321). Compare later disculpate v.

Now rare.

transitive. = disculpate v.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate

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exonerate1655

exculpate1656

wash1659

excriminate1661

to wipe the mouth of1687

disculpate1693

whitewash1703

rehabilitate1847

1602 J. Donne Let. 11 Feb. in A. J. Kempe Loseley MSS (1836) 331 Of nothinge in this one fault..can I disculpe myselfe.

1722 J. Rogers Let. 23 July in Hist. Reg. (1723) No. 31. 192 He thinks to disculp himself at the Expence of the Dead.

1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 294 He himself disculps them.

1757 C. Peters Pref. Crit. Diss. Bk. Job p. xxviii Le Clerc himself shall disculp me: for he has a very good saying, which he uses in his own defence, when he was in just such a situation as mine.

1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 39/2 I try to disculp myself, but in vain.

1971 J. A. Pitt-Rivers People of Sierra (ed. 2) p. xiii I trusted that the conventional lie that disculps the author of a roman à clef would be recognised for what it was.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	disculp
释义	disculpv. Brit. /dɪˈskʌlp/, U.S. /dᵻˈskəlp/ Forms: 1600s disculpe, 1600s– disculp. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French disculper; Latin disculpare. Etymology: < (i) French disculper (c1535 in Middle French as discoulper ; compare Old French descouper (c1167)), or its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin disculpare to clear from blame or accusation (11th cent. in reflexive use; early 15th cent. in transitive use) < classical Latin dis- dis- prefix + culpāre culpate v. Compare Occitan disculpar (1696), Spanish desculpar (a1250 or earlier), Portuguese desculpar (1352), Italian discolpare (a1321). Compare later disculpate v. Now rare. transitive. = disculpate v. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate cleansea1000 skere?c1225 unwreea1250 spurge1303 sunyiea1325 disblamec1374 quita1400 whitena1400 emplasterc1405 declare1460 clear1481 absolve1496 purgea1530 free1560 clenge1592 disculp1602 uncharge1604 exonerate1655 exculpate1656 wash1659 excriminate1661 to wipe the mouth of1687 disculpate1693 whitewash1703 rehabilitate1847 1602 J. Donne Let. 11 Feb. in A. J. Kempe Loseley MSS (1836) 331 Of nothinge in this one fault..can I disculpe myselfe. 1722 J. Rogers Let. 23 July in Hist. Reg. (1723) No. 31. 192 He thinks to disculp himself at the Expence of the Dead. 1738 W. Warburton Divine Legation Moses I. 294 He himself disculps them. 1757 C. Peters Pref. Crit. Diss. Bk. Job p. xxviii Le Clerc himself shall disculp me: for he has a very good saying, which he uses in his own defence, when he was in just such a situation as mine. 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 39/2 I try to disculp myself, but in vain. 1971 J. A. Pitt-Rivers People of Sierra (ed. 2) p. xiii I trusted that the conventional lie that disculps the author of a roman à clef would be recognised for what it was. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1602
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