exculpate
UK/'ekskʌlpeit/US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
v.
To clear someone of blame or guilt; to exonerate.
使无罪，开脱罪责
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedexout of, former
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culproot
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ateto make, having
=exculpate
Example Sentences
- 1.
New evidence helped exculpate the defendant who had spent years in prison wrongly convicted.