About The Word Culpable
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Culpable
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What's The Definition Of Culpable?
[adj] deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Culpable: blamable | blameable | blameful | blameworthy | censurable | guilty Related Terms | Find terms related to Culpable: accusable | amiss | arraignable | at fault | blamable | blameful | blameworthy | censurable | chargeable | criminal | faulty | guilty | impeachable | implicated | imputable | inculpated | indictable | involved | open to criticism | peccant | reprehensible | reproachable | reprovable | sinful | to blame | unholy See Also | Culpable In Webster's Dictionary \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable,
coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also
coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame,
fr. culpa fault.]
1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral;
criminal. --State Trials (1413).
If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he
is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his
measures. --Sharp.
2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
{Cul"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cul"pa*bly}, adv.
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