— exculpable /ik skul"peuh beuhl/ , adj. — exculpation , n.
/ek"skul payt', ik skul"payt/ , v.t., exculpated, exculpating .
to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate.
[ 1650-60; exculpatus freed from blame, equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + culpatus blamed (ptp. of culpare; see CULPABLE) ]