disculp

English

Etymology

First attested in 1602; borrowed from French disculper or its own etymon, Medieval Latin disculpō, from dis- + culpō. Doublet of disculpate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (UK) /dɪˈskʌlp/, (US) /dɪˈskəlp/

Verb

disculp (third-person singular simple present disculps, present participle disculping, simple past and past participle disculped)

  1. (transitive, rare) To disculpate.
    Synonyms: absolve, exculpate, exonerate; see also Thesaurus:acquit
    • 1602, John Donne, Letter 11 February in A. J. Kempe, Loseley Manuscripts (1836):
      Of nothinge in this one fault […] can I disculpe myselfe.
    • 1972, Julian Pitt-Rivers, The People of the Sierra:
      I trusted that the conventional lie that disculps the author of a roman à clef would be recognised for what it was.
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