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Definition: Exculpate |
ExculpateVerb1. Pronounce not guilty of criminal charges; "The suspect was cleared of the murder charges". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "exculpate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: ExculpateSynonyms: acquit (v), assoil (v), clear (v), discharge (v), exonerate (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: convict (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquittal | Verb: acquit, exculpate, exonerate, clear; absolve, whitewash, assoil; discharge, release; liberate. |
Exemption | Exempt, release, acquit, discharge, quitclaim, remise, remit; free, set at liberty, let off, pass over, spare, excuse, dispense with, give dispensation, license; stretch a point; absolve; (forgive); exonerate; (exculpate); save the necessity. |
Innocence | Acquit; exculpate; (vindicate). |
Vindication | Verb: justify, warrant; be an excuse; n.for; lend a color, furnish a handle; vindicate; exculpate, disculpate; acquit; clear, set right, exonerate, whitewash; clear the skirts of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Exculpate |
| English words defined with "exculpate": Disculpate, Disculpatory ♦ Exculpating. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "exculpate": Mouse. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | MOUSE, n. An animal which strews its path with fainting women. As in Rome Christians were thrown to the lions, so centuries earlier in Otumwee, the most ancient and famous city of the world, female heretics were thrown to the mice. Jakak-Zotp, the historian, the only Otumwump whose writings have descended to us, says that these martyrs met their death with little dignity and much exertion. He even attempts to exculpate the mice (such is the malice of bigotry) by declaring that the unfortunate women perished, some from exhaustion, some of broken necks from falling over their own feet, and some from lack of restoratives. The mice, he avers, enjoyed the pleasures of the chase with composure. But if "Roman history is nine-tenths lying," we can hardly expect a smaller proportion of that rhetorical figure in the annals of a people capable of so incredible cruelty to a lovely women; for a hard heart has a false tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Exculpate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Exculpate" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 80% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "exculpate": exculpate oneself. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "exculpate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shfajësoj (absolve, acquit, defend, exonerate, justify, purge, vindicate, whitewash), nxjerr të pafajshëm, justifikoj (defend, excuse, extenuate, justify, not fail to, warrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | برىء (heal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | реабилитирам (exonerate, rehabilitate, vindicate, whitewash), оправдавам (acquit, authorise, authorize, excuse, exonerate, fulfill, justify, legitimate, purge, sanctify, vindicate, warrant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 开脱 (Exculpated, Exculpating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | omluvit (excuse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | innocenter (exonerate), disculper (exonerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | salvieren, freisprechen (absolve, acquit, exonerate, qualify). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αθωώνω (absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate), αθωώ (acquit, exonerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל קות (acquit, clean, cleanse, exonerate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | menteget (excuse, palliate, to exculpate, to salve), kiment (salvage, to bring off, to exculpate, to extricate, to rescue, to salvage, to salve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | discolpare (clear, excuse, exonerate), assolvere (absolve, accomplish, acquit, discharge, shrive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exculpateay excruciação, ilibar, desculpar (apologize, condone, excuse, forgave, forgive, instantly, justify, make allowance for, palliate, pardon), absolver (absolve, acquit, forgiven). (various references) justifica (account, authorise, authorize, found, justify, motive, vindicate, warrant), disculpa (exonerate), dezvinovãţi (exonerate). (various references) оправдывать (acquit, excuse, explain, give an excuse, justify, vindicate, vindicated, vindicating, warrant). (various references) osloboditi (absolve, acquit, affranchise, deliver, disembarrass, disengage, exempt, free, let loose, let off, liberate, make free, release, relieve, rid, set free, unbind, unleash, unloose, unyoke, vindicate). (various references) exculpar, realizar una exculpación, disculpar (excuse, forgive, justify). (various references) urskulda (excuse, justify), rentvå (cleanse, clear, purge, whitewash), fritaga (acquit, exempt, exonerate, release, vindicate), frita (acquite, exempt, exonerate, release, vindicate). (various references) temize çıkarmak (absolve, acquit, clear, exonerate, purge, vindicate, whitewash), suçsuz çıkarmak (acquit, exonerate), aklamak (absolve, acquit, blanch, brighten, clear, exonerate, justify, launder, purge, whiten, whitewash). (various references) реабілітувати (exonerate, rehabilitate, vindicate, whitewash), виправдовувати (acquit). (various references) difeio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | expurgate. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exculpate": exculpated, exculpates. (additional references) | |
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"Exculpate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: excuipate, excultate, excuplate, Exsultate. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "exculpate" (pronounced 'Ex*cul"pate'): Clodpate, Deturpate, Disculpate, inculpate, Lampate, Pupate, Scopate. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-l-p-t-u-x" | |
-1 letter: peculate. | |
-2 letters: capelet, epaulet. | |
-3 letters: caplet, culpae, eluate, except, expect, luxate, placet, teacup. | |
-4 letters: acute, caput, clapt, cleat, clepe, clept, culet, culex, culpa, cupel, eclat, elate, elect, elute, epact, etape, exact, exalt, excel, expat, expel, exult, latex, leapt, lepta, letup, lutea, palet, peace, petal, place, plate, pleat, taupe, telae, telex, tepal. | |
-5 letters: alec, alee, apex. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-l-p-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: exculpated, exculpates. | |
+3 letters: sextuplicate. | |
+4 letters: sextuplicated, sextuplicates, unexceptional. | |
+5 letters: counterexample. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 63 75 6C 70 61 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- -.-. ..- .-.. .--. .- - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01100011 01110101 01101100 01110000 01100001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x c u l p a t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 0063 0075 006C 0070 0061 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)399069877882678671 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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