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    EXCULPATE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they exculpate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it exculpates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: exculpated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: exculpated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: exculpating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pronounce not guilty of criminal chargesplay

    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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