Word of the Day for Tuesday, January 4, 2011
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exculpate \EK-skuhl-payt; ek-SKUHL-payt\, transitive verb:
exculpate \EK-skuhl-payt; ek-SKUHL-payt\, transitive verb:
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To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
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Some of the B.O.'s followers are trying to exculpate and distance themselves from his Obamacare diktat!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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Exculpate is ultimately derived from Latin ex-, "without" + culpare, "to blame," from culpa, "blame, fault."
Exculpate is ultimately derived from Latin ex-, "without" + culpare, "to blame," from culpa, "blame, fault."
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