Culpable Definition

kŭlpə-bəl
adjective
Deserving blame; blameworthy.
Webster's New World
Deserving of blame.
Webster's New World Law
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Origin of Culpable

  • From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpabilis (“blameworthy”), from culpare (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“fault, crime, mistake”)

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English coupable from Old French from Latin culpābilis from culpāre to blame from culpa fault

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Culpable Sentence Examples

  • Much as we believe he's culpable, we don't have any hard evidence.

  • I don't think he feels I'm culpable of a crime but he knows I'm holding back on him.

  • We are both culpable for sending the only innocent soul either of us has ever known to Hell.

  • In the event of an accident any person involved can be found culpable under the law.

  • A frank answer, so I brave the frank question, ' Do you feel personally culpable for that disaster?

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