exculpate
to clear from blame
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Other words with the culp root
Ex- gives out and culp gives blame. To exculpate is to move blame off someone by evidence or explanation.
The video exculpated the student who had been accused of cheating.
Exculpate has courtroom energy, but it works outside court too. A fact can exculpate a person when it shows the blame does not belong there.