exculpate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: exculpate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for exculpate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
exculpate v pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges" Synonym(s): acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate, exculpate Antonym(s): convict
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Exculpate \Excul"pate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exculpated}, p. pr. & vb. n.. {Exculpating} ([?]).] [L. ex out + culpatus, p. p. of culpare to find fault with, to blame, culpa fault. See {Culpable}.] To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit. He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle. --Mason. I exculpate* him further for his writing against me. --Milman. Syn: To exonerate; absolve; clear; acquit; excuse; vindicate; justify.