disculpate

C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /dɪsˈkʌlpeɪt/ UK /dɪsˈkʌlpeɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to free from blame or guilt; exculpate

New evidence served to disculpate the wrongly accused man.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to free from blame or... exculpate exonerate absolve acquit clear vindicate

Opposites

inculpate incriminate blame accuse condemn

Word family

Derived forms disculpation

Related forms culpable exculpate inculpate culprit

Etymology

From Medieval Latin disculpatus, past participle of disculpare ('to free from blame'), from dis- ('reversal') + Latin culpa ('fault, blame').

disculpare Latin culpa Latin

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Topics

Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives

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# disculpate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈkʌlpeɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈkʌlpeɪt/

## Meanings
1. to free from blame or guilt; exculpate

## Examples
- New evidence served to disculpate the wrongly accused man.

## Synonyms
- exculpate
- exonerate
- absolve
- acquit
- clear
- vindicate

## Antonyms
- inculpate
- incriminate
- blame
- accuse
- condemn

## Derived Forms
- disculpation

## Related Forms
- culpable
- exculpate
- inculpate
- culprit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: disculpare
- Root: culpa

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin disculpatus, past participle of disculpare ('to free from blame'), from dis- ('reversal') + Latin culpa ('fault, blame').

## AI Etymology
Disculpate is from Medieval Latin disculpatus, past participle of disculpare ('to free from blame'), from dis- ('reversal') + Latin culpa ('fault, blame'). The ancestry passes through Latin disculpare and Latin culpa. The prefix dis- often marks separation, reversal, or negation in Latin and English formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a verb, it means "to free from blame or guilt; exculpate", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include culpable, exculpate, inculpate, and culprit; derived forms include disculpation.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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