Antonyms for exculpate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ek-skuhl-peyt, ik-skuhl-peyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛk skʌlˌpeɪt, ɪkˈskʌl peɪt |
Definition of exculpate
Origin :- 1650s, from Medieval Latin exculpatus, past participle of exculpare, from Latin ex culpa, from ex "from" (see ex-) + culpa ablative of culpa "blame, fault." Related: Exculpated; exculpating.
- verb forgive
- Ossipon tried to exculpate the lukewarmness of his past conduct.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The McMurrough cried, breathlessly eager to exculpate himself.
- Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
- I have made many inquiries about this affair, and they all tend to exculpate you.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- She showed increasing irritation at his attempt to exculpate her.
- Extract from : « Nan of Music Mountain » by Frank H. Spearman
- But I wish not to exculpate myself where I feel I have been to blame.
- Extract from : « Albert Gallatin » by John Austin Stevens
- You will exculpate yourself by denying the truth of this story, then?
- Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
- This alone is enough to exculpate him of the charge of writing novels.
- Extract from : « G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study » by Julius West
- I cannot exculpate any commercial nation from this sweeping censure.
- Extract from : « Captain Canot » by Brantz Mayer
- And then I attempted to exculpate myself: I could not prove that the things were stolen.
- Extract from : « Poor Jack » by Frederick Marryat
- She was quite feverish in her anxiety to condemn herself and exculpate her lover.
- Extract from : « Vagabondia » by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Synonyms for exculpate
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