Exculpate /(?)/

Ex·cul·pate

Exculpate

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Exculpated

  1. To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
    He exculpated himself from being the author of the heroic epistle.
    — Mason.
    I exculpate him further for his writing against me.