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English
Etymology
From post-classical Latin disculpatus, past participle of disculpare (“to disculpate”), from dis- + culpare (“to blame”), culpa (“fault”).
Pronunciation
Verb
disculpate (third-person singular simple present disculpates, present participle disculpating, simple past and past participle disculpated)
- (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section II:He […] endeavoured to disculpate the youth, and left no method untried to soften the tyrant's rage.
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Spanish
Verb
disculpate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of disculpar combined with te