to exculpate oneself

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• exculpate — exculpate, absolve, exonerate, acquit, vindicate mean to free from a charge or burden. Exculpate implies simply a clearing from blame, often in a matter of small importance {exculpate oneself from a charge of inconsistency} {directly Harding was… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• betellan — irreg wv/t1b to speak about, answer, defend oneself (against a charge), exculpate oneself; to prove one s claim to …   Old to modern English dictionary

• ládian — ládian1 wv/t2 to exculpate oneself; let off, excuse …   Old to modern English dictionary

• acquit — ac·quit /ə kwit/ vb ac·quit·ted, ac·quit·ting [Old French acquiter to pay off, absolve, acquit, from a , prefix marking causation + quite free (of an obligation)] vt: to discharge completely: as a: to release from liability for a debt or other… …   Law dictionary

• acquit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exonerate; discharge, pay. See acquittal, payment.Ant., convict. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To exonerate] Syn. clear, absolve, vindicate; see absolve , excuse . 2. [To behave] Syn. comport, conduct,… …   English dictionary for students

• acquit — verb 1) the jury acquitted her Syn: clear, exonerate, find innocent, absolve; discharge, release, free, set free; informal let off (the hook); formal exculpate See note at absolve Ant: convict …   Thesaurus of popular words

• explain — 1 Explain, expound, explicate, elucidate, interpret, construe are comparable when they mean to make oneself or another understand the meaning of something. Explain, the most general term, implies a making of something plain or intelligible to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• let — 1. v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we let them go). b cause to (let me know; let it be known). 2 tr. (foll. by into) a allow to enter. b make acquainted with (a secret etc.). c inlay in. 3 tr …   Useful english dictionary

• LET — 1. v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we let them go). b cause to (let me know; let it be known). 2 tr. (foll. by into) a allow to enter. b make acquainted with (a secret etc.). c inlay in. 3 tr …   Useful english dictionary

• acquit — acquitter, n. /euh kwit /, v.t., acquitted, acquitting. 1. to relieve from a charge of fault or crime; declare not guilty: They acquitted him of the crime. The jury acquitted her, but I still think she s guilty. 2. to release or discharge (a… …   Universalium

• discharge — dis·charge 1 /dis chärj, dis ˌchärj/ vt 1: to release from an obligation: as a: to relieve of a duty under an instrument (as a contract or a negotiable instrument); also: to render (an instrument) no longer enforceable a formal instrument...may… …   Law dictionary