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disculpating

disculpating is the present participle and gerund of disculpate.

Meaning of disculpate

Verb

disculpate (third-person singular simple present disculpates, present participle disculpating, simple past and past participle disculpated)

  1. (transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate.
    • He […] endeavoured to disculpate the youth, and left no method untried to soften the tyrant's rage.1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section II

Questions about disculpating

What is disculpating the present participle and gerund of?
Disculpating is the present participle and gerund of disculpate.

Words near disculpating in the dictionary

  1. discubitory
  2. disculp
  3. disculpate
  4. disculpated
  5. disculpates
  6. disculpating
  7. disculpation
  8. disculpations
  9. disculpatory
  10. disculped
  11. disculping

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