exculpate

(ĕk'skəl-pāt', ĭk-skŭl'-)
tr.v., -pat·ed, -pat·ing, -pates.
To clear of guilt or blame.

[Medieval Latin exculpāre, exculpāt- : Latin ex-, ex- + Latin culpa, guilt.]

exculpable ex·cul'pa·ble (ĭk-skŭl'pə-bəl) adj.
exculpation ex'cul·pa'tion n.

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verb

To free from a charge or imputation of guilt: absolve, clear, exonerate, vindicate. Law acquit, purge. See law.

v

Definition: forgive
Antonyms: blame, condemn, sentence

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

To clear or excuse from guilt.

An individual who uses the excuse of justification to explain the lawful reason for his or her action might be exculpated from a criminal charge. Exculpatory evidence is evidence that works to clear an individual from fault.

IN BRIEF: To clear from a charge of guilt.

The lawyer had to work hard to exculpate the wrongly accused defendant.

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• Support, Encouragement, and Agreement - exculpate: (vb) clear of alleged fault

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - retfærdiggøre, frikende

Nederlands (Dutch)
vrijspreken

Français (French)
v. tr. - disculper, acquitter, innocenter de

Deutsch (German)
v. - freisprechen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αθωώνω, απαλλάσσω

Italiano (Italian)
discolpare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - desculpar, absolver

Русский (Russian)
оправдывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - exculpar, disculpar, justificar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - frita, rentvå

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使无罪, 辩解, 分辩

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使無罪, 辯解, 分辯

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 무죄로 하다, 변명이 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 無罪にする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبرئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮זיכה (מאשמה), ניקה מאשמה‬

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