What is another word for implicate?

Pronunciation: [ˈɪmplɪkˌe͡ɪt] (IPA)

The word "implicate" refers to the act of involving or connecting someone or something to a particular action or situation. There are various synonyms for the word implicate, including accuse, embroil, incriminate, involve, and associate. Accuse suggests blaming someone for a wrongdoing. Embroil implies entangling someone in a difficult or unpleasant situation. Incriminate means to make someone appear guilty of a crime or offense. Involve suggests being a part of something or being implicated in. Associate implies a connection with someone or something, though not necessarily in a negative way. Using these synonyms for implicate will help diversify your vocabulary and effectively convey your message in your writing.

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What are the opposite words for implicate?

Antonyms for the word "implicate" include words like "absolve," "clear," "exculpate," and "exonerate." These words suggest the opposite of implicating someone in a wrongdoing. To absolve someone is to free them from blame or guilt, while clearing someone implies that they were never involved in the first place. Exculpate literally means to "take the blame off" someone, and exonerate means to declare them innocent. These antonyms all convey a sense of innocence or freedom from blame, and are useful when discussing legal or ethical issues where fault or responsibility must be assigned appropriately.

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Usage examples for Implicate

Davey, himself, would not say anything to implicate Conal or anyone else.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
Ordinarily the great Missourian was susceptible enough to such flattery; but on this occasion, preoccupied with the idea of an intrigue for the presidency, and indignant that there should be an effort made to implicate him in it, especially as it was mixed up with schemes of stock-jobbing and of disloyalty to the Union, he took fire at once, and answered with hot indignation, in words afterwards highly resented by his questioner, "that it was on the part of some an intrigue for the presidency, and a plot to dissolve the Union; on the part of others, a Texas scrip and land speculation; and that he was against it."
"Thomas Hart Benton"
Theodore Roosevelt
On this subject, no satisfaction could be got from Margaret, who persisted in a dogged silence, whenever any question was put to her, tending to implicate, in any way, the man who, to all appearance, had ruined her.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton

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