In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
DISCULPATE
Etymology
Verb
disculpate (third-person singular simple present disculpates, present participle disculpating, simple past and past participle disculpated)
(transitive) To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exonerate. [from 17th c.]
Anagrams
• duplicates, spiculated
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cul"pate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disculpated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disculpating.] Etym: [LL. disculpatus, p. p. of disculpare to disculpate; dis- + L. culpare to blame, culpa fault.]
Definition: To free from blame or the imputation of a fault; to exculpate. I almost fear you think I begged it, but I can disculpate myself. Walpole.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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