Execrate vs Exculpate - What's the difference?
execrate | exculpate |
To feel loathing for; abhor.
To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
(archaic) To invoke a curse.
To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
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As verbs the difference between execrate and exculpate
is that execrate is to feel loathing for; abhor while exculpate is to clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.execrate
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* execrable * execration * execrative * execratoryExternal links
* * * ----exculpate
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citation, passage=The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected. Northrop knew all about Tony's flirtation with Lucy Davidson, but it also knew a good deal more about that lady than Tony did, and exculpated him.}}