exculpate \EK-skuhl-payt; ek-SKUHL-payt\ , transitive verb:
1. To clear from alleged fault or guilt; to prove to be guiltless; to relieve of blame; to acquit.
When I first saw this word, I thought I knew the definition, something to do with legal forgiveness, then the name "John Grisham" popped into my head. I got into a jag of reading legal thrillers several years back, shortly after Grisham's novels became so popular. Exculpate was probably used a few dozen times in all those books.
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That's not the only word you discovered reading, right?? LOL!
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