exculpate

Other forms of exculpate

past tense

exculpated·

present participle

exculpating·

third person

exculpates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about exculpate

What does exculpate mean?

exculpate means "pronounce not guilty of criminal charges".

How many syllables are in exculpate?

exculpate has 3 syllables: ex-cul-pate. The stress falls on "cul". In IPA it is /ˌɛkˈskʌlpeɪt/.

What is another word for exculpate?

Close synonyms include acquit, assoil, clear, discharge, exonerate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is exculpate a common word?

exculpate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.