† excriminatev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To clear from an imputation; to shift an imputation from (a person) upon (another); in quot. reflexive.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate
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1661 A. Marvell Let. 15 June in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 31 I had rather..undergoe any blame then to..excriminate my selfe upon any one of you.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Watchman 92 To excriminate themselves in the opinion of the public.
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