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EXCULPATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

Example:

The suspect was cleared of the murder charges

Synonyms:

acquit; assoil; clear; discharge; exculpate; exonerate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "exculpate" is one way to...):

judge; label; pronounce (pronounce judgment on)

"Exculpate" entails doing...:

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exculpate"):

vindicate (clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting proof)

whitewash (exonerate by means of a perfunctory investigation or through biased presentation of data)

purge (clear of a charge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody of something

Sentence example:

They want to exculpate the prisoners

Derivation:

exculpation (the act of freeing from guilt or blame)

exculpatory (clearing of guilt or blame)

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