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.
   • 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.

Related terms

• culpable
• culpate
• culprit
• disculpate
• exculpate
• inculpate
• mea culpa