exculpate
C1CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
FormalRegister
General verb
To clear someone from a charge of guilt or blame.
The new evidence served to exculpate the man who had spent a decade in prison.
Law verb
To clear or free someone from blame or guilt.
The fresh alibi evidence served to exculpate the accused entirely.
Business verb
To clear someone of blame or wrongdoing.
The internal investigation exculpated the treasurer but faulted the wider control environment.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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