exculpate

Verb

Meaning

To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

acquit clear absolve exonerate discharge justify pardon excuse vindicate assoil disculpate amnesty free release whitewash
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Antonyms

condemn indict inculpate book chastise charge
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Hypernyms

judge label pronounce

Hyponyms

whitewash purge vindicate

Related terms

culprit culpable exculpation inculpate exculpatory mea culpa

Derivatives

exculpated exculpating

Examples

The suspect was cleared of the murder charges Source: Internet

Sklenar, page 341. Facing major budget cutbacks, the U.S. Army wanted to avoid bad press and found ways to exculpate Custer. Source: Internet

Having made these allegations and your association being a creature of rules and regulations, you should have then charged me with the same, asking for clarification and to exculpate myself against the same. Source: Internet

Surely, the committee should have invited the law firm to exculpate itself before making their conclusions. Source: Internet

“We have not expelled him but if he fails to exculpate himself within seven days, he will have to be suspended for six months. Source: Internet

However, the fact that there exists in the case of all partial profile evidence the possibility that a "missing" allele might exculpate the accused altogether does not provide sufficient grounds for rejecting such evidence. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

excubation excubitorium exculpable exculpated exculpation exculpative