exculpate Copy link Outline 1. purgo, 1 (to clear of guilt)2. expurgo, 1 (less freq.)3. excūso, 14. expr. by culpa and a verb • exculpate: 1. purgo, 1 (to clear of guilt): to e. oneself to any one, se alicui p., Cic.: they send an embassy to e. themselves, purgandi sui causa legatos mittunt, Caes. B. G. 6, 9. 2. expurgo, 1 (less freq.): Cic.: Tac. 3. excūso, 1: v. to excuse. 4. expr. by culpa and a verb: as, culpâ aliquem liberare, Cic. Pl. 21, 52; ab aliquo culpam amovere, Liv. 4, 41, med.: aliquem ex culpa eximere, Cic. Inv. 2, 7, 24: to be e.d, a culpâ esse remotum, Cic. Mur. 35, 73: v. fault, blame. (Satisfacere is to make amends.)
EXCULPATE Copy link • EXCULPATEexcusare: purgare (clear, excuse): aliquem culpa liberare or ex culpa eximere; culpam ab aliquo demovere or (Liv.) amovere (remove all blame from): to exculpate one’s self, se excusare, purgare; to anybody’s satisfaction, satisfacere alicui (Vid: Caes., B.G., 1, 41). Vid: To EXCUSE.