开脱

to exculpate / to absolve / to exonerate

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

to shed / to take off / to escape / to get away from

to absolve sb from guilt / to exonerate / to exculpate