exculpate(动词):为……开脱罪责;证明……无罪;使免于指责。常用于法律或正式语境。(另有较少见用法:解除过错/责任。)
/ˈɛks.kʌl.peɪt/
The new evidence could exculpate him.
新证据可能为他洗清罪责。
Although the report criticized the system, it also exculpated the frontline staff by showing they followed the rules.
尽管报告批评了制度,它也通过表明一线员工遵守规定而为他们开脱了责任。
来自拉丁语 exculpāre:*ex-*(“出、从……中”)+ culpa(“过错、罪责”),字面意思是“把罪责从某人身上移开”,引申为“证明无罪/开脱”。