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单词 exculpating
释义

exculpate

verb

ex·​cul·​pate ˈek-(ˌ)skəl-ˌpāt How to pronounce exculpate (audio) (ˌ)ek-ˈskəl- How to pronounce exculpate (audio)
exculpated; exculpating

transitive verb

: to clear from alleged fault or guilt
exculpation
ˌek-(ˌ)skəl-ˈpā-shən How to pronounce exculpate (audio)
noun

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Exculpate is the joining of the prefix ex-, meaning "not," and the Latin noun culpa, meaning "blame." Readers may be familiar with the Latin phrase mea culpa, which translates directly as "through my fault" and is used in English to mean "a formal acknowledgment of personal fault or error."

Synonyms

  • absolve
  • acquit
  • clear
  • exonerate
  • vindicate
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Example Sentences

The court exculpated him after a thorough investigation. I will present evidence that will exculpate my client.
Recent Examples on the Web To accede to the idea that whiteness can be lost, albeit in the name of open-endedness and open-mindedness, is to exculpate the capitalist imperialism that invented race in the first place. Namwali Serpell, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2022 Prosecutors said examining Suzanne Morphew's body could incriminate or exculpate her husband. Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 6 May 2022 Lloris was keen to exculpate his manager, emphasizing that Mourinho sent them out to be positive and attack. Joshua Law, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021 After all, if Mulvaney or Bolton could give testimony that would exculpate Trump in the Ukraine scandal, the president would have frog-marched them to the House Intelligence Committee himself last month. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2019 The East defined itself in the tradition of communists who had resisted fascism, giving rise to a state doctrine of remembrance that effectively exculpated it from wartime atrocities. Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2019 No evidence emerged linking the man to the crime at the school in Myanmar’s capital, Naypyitaw, and some testimony exculpated him. Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019 Thus, Harvey’s magnitude does not exculpate the government of liability for its actions. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Dec. 2019 The fact that the bombardiers are Saudi hardly exculpates the United States. BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin exculpatus, past participle of exculpare, from Latin ex- + culpa blame

First Known Use

circa 1656, in the meaning defined above

Legal Definition

exculpate

transitive verb

ex·​cul·​pate ˈek-skəl-ˌpāt, ek-ˈskəl- How to pronounce exculpate (audio)
exculpated; exculpating
: to clear from alleged fault or guilt
as time passed, however, the…rule, which barred the admission of other persons' confessions that exculpated the accused, became the subject of increasing criticism Lilly v. Virginia, 527 U.S. 116 (1999)
compare acquit, exonerate

History and Etymology for exculpate

Medieval Latin exculpare, from Latin ex- out of + culpa blame

exculpating 1 of 2

adjective

as in exculpatory

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • exculpatory
  • exonerating
  • compensatory
  • acquitting
  • vindicating
  • absolving
  • condoning
  • pardoning
  • remitting
  • nonpunitive
  • commuting
  • reprieving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • punitive
  • chastising
  • correcting
  • penal
  • disciplinary
  • disciplining
  • corrective
  • correctional
  • chastening
  • retaliatory
  • penalizing
  • castigating
  • revengeful
  • retributive
  • retaliative
  • vengeful
  • wrathful
  • retributory
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exculpating

2 of 2

verb

present participle of exculpate
as in acquitting
to free from a charge of wrongdoing I will present evidence that will exculpate my client

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • acquitting
  • exonerating
  • absolving
  • vindicating
  • expiating
  • clearing
  • forgiving
  • liberating
  • excusing
  • releasing
  • condoning
  • redeeming
  • unburdening
  • discharging
  • whitewashing
  • pardoning
  • revenging
  • avenging
  • remitting
  • redressing
  • atoning (for)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • incriminating
  • criminating
  • impeaching
  • accusing
  • indicting
  • charging
  • convicting
  • arraigning
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