Definitions for: Culpable

[adj] deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: blamable, blameable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, guilty

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