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culpability

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cul·pa·ble  (klp-bl)
adj.
Deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious. See Synonyms at blameworthy.
[Middle English coupable, from Old French, from Latin culpbilis, from culpre, to blame, from culpa, fault.]
culpa·bili·ty n.
culpa·bly adv.
culpability
1. the condition of blameworthiness, criminality, censurability.
2. Obsolete, guilt. — culpable, adj.
See also: Law
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.culpability - a state of guilt
blameworthiness, culpableness
guilt, guiltiness - the state of having committed an offense
culpability
noun blame, responsibility, fault, liability, accountability He added there was clear culpability on the part of the government.
Translations
culpability [ˌkʌlpəˈbɪlɪtɪ] N (frm) → culpabilidad f
culpability [ˌkʌlpəˈbɪlɪti] n (= guilt) → culpabilité f
culpability
n (form) → Schuld f
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Any culpability which had been imputed to him for negligence and irregularity was removed by the resolution.
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
Bulstrode, which on the one hand would have inclined her to desire that the mildest view of his character should be the true one, but on the other, made her the more afraid of seeming to palliate his culpability.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
Stephen Guest had not married her; which came to the same thing, so far as her culpability was concerned.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
 
 
 
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