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Execrate vs Exculpate - What's the difference?

execrate | exculpate |

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

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To feel loathing for; abhor.
  • To declare to be hateful or abhorrent; denounce.
  • (archaic) To invoke a curse.
  • Derived terms

    * execrable * execration * execrative * execratory

    exculpate

    English

    Verb

  • To clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=4 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * absolve * acquit * disculpate * pardon

    Antonyms

    * condemn * inculpate * indict