Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Introduction to the verb déculpabiliser
The English translation of the French verb déculpabiliser is “to relieve of guilt” or “to absolve”. It is pronounced “day-kool-pa-bee-lee-zay”.
The word déculpabiliser is a combination of the French prefix “dé-” which means “to remove” or “to undo”, and the word “culpabilité” which means “guilt”. Therefore, déculpabiliser can be understood as “to remove guilt” or “to free from guilt”. It is a reflexive verb and can also be conjugated in the non-reflexive form as “culpabiliser” which means “to make someone feel guilty”.
In everyday French, déculpabiliser in the Passé Antérieur tense is used to talk about an action that has been completed in the past and had the effect of relieving someone of guilt. It is often used in a therapeutic context, to describe the process of helping someone let go of feelings of guilt or self-blame.
Here are three simple examples of déculpabiliser in the Passé Antérieur tense with their English translations:
- J’ai déculpabilisé mon ami en lui expliquant que ce n’était pas de sa faute. (I relieved my friend of guilt by explaining to him that it wasn’t his fault.)
- Elle avait déculpabilisé sa mère en lui pardonnant ses erreurs passées. (She had absolved her mother by forgiving her past mistakes.)
- Nous avions déculpabilisé nos enfants en leur montrant qu’ils n’étaient pas responsables de notre divorce. (We had freed our children from guilt by showing them that they were not responsible for our divorce.)
Table of the Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of déculpabiliser
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | j’eusse | J’eusse déculpabilisé | I had stopped feeling guilty |
tu | tu eusses | Tu eusses déculpabilisé | You had stopped feeling guilty |
il | il eût | Il eût déculpabilisé | He had stopped feeling guilty |
elle | elle eût | Elle eût déculpabilisé | She had stopped feeling guilty |
on | on eût | On eût déculpabilisé | One had stopped feeling guilty |
nous | nous eûmes | Nous eûmes déculpabilisé | We had stopped feeling guilty |
vous | vous eûtes | Vous eûtes déculpabilisé | You had stopped feeling guilty |
ils | ils eurent | Ils eurent déculpabilisé | They had stopped feeling guilty |
elles | elles eurent | Elles eurent déculpabilisé | They had stopped feeling guilty |
Other Conjugations for Déculpabiliser.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser (this article)
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb déculpabiliser
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Déculpabiliser – About the French Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense
Formation of the Passé Antérieur
Common Usage Patterns
Literature
Historical Texts
Formal Writing
Interactions with Other Tenses
Passé Composé (Present Perfect)
Imparfait (Imperfect)
Futur Antérieur (Future Perfect)
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