disculpate

verb [ˈdɪskʌɫpeɪt]

1. To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.

   transitive

   He […] endeavoured to disculpate the youth, and left no method untried to soften the tyrant's rage.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Medieval Latin disculpātus, perfect passive participle of disculpō (“to disculpate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dis- (“off”, denoting the ending of an action) + culpō (“to blame”), from culpa (“fault”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of disculp.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry disculpate (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← discubitorydiscutient →

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