English
exculpate
Exculpate comes from English culpa ‘fault’.
- English1500–presentculpa‘fault’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907exculpate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentculpa‘fault’
- Englishearliest quotation 1907exculpate
Earliest quotation: 1907, Harold Bindloss, Toronto: “The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and…”
Every English word from English culpa
Today it means
verb To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English culpa / exculpate