culpable
Meaning of culpable
- deserving blame.
mercy killings are less culpable than ‘ordinary’ murders
Middle English (in the sense ‘deserving punishment’): from Old French coupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare ‘to blame’, from culpa ‘fault, blame’.
Information about culpable
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which culpable is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of culpable
cul-pa-ble
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- culpable is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
culpable synonyms
Meaning blameworthy:
blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable
Meaning culpable of or responsible for a specified wrongdoing:
Meaning having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role:
Meaning required to explain or justify one's actions to; responsible or having to report to:
Meaning responsible by law; legally answerable:
Meaning required or expected to justify actions or decisions; responsible:
culpable antonyms
Meaning innocent of wrongdoing:
Meaning not guilty of a crime or offence:
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