culpable
UK/ˈkʌlpəbəl/
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Midlands/ˈkʊlpəbəl/
culpable adjective: meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
Adjective
culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)
- Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
- I am culpable for stealing your money.
- It would be […] impossible to list all the reasons why one might keep their sexuality hidden, and by no means is it culpable for a person to fear for their job or their family's esteem1971, Nancy Walker, “Out Of The Closet And Into The World”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 13
- Synonyms:
- at fault, to blame, blameworthy, censurable, guilty, nocent, reprehensible
culpable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
culpable in Tamil
- குற்றத்திற்குரிய, குற்றமுடைய, பழிக்குரிய, பயிர் செய்யத்தக்க, பண்படுத்துவதற்குரிய
culpable in Urdu
- مجرم, قابل جزا
culpable in Bengali
- দোষী, দণ্ডনীয়, কোনো ভুলের জন্য দায়ী
culpable in Malayalam
- guilty, to blame, at fault
- ശിക്ഷാർഹമായ, കുറ്റകരം, അപലപനീയ, കുറ്റം ചാർത്താവുന്ന, കുറ്റപ്പെടുത്താവുന്ന, കുറ്റം ചുമത്താവുന്ന
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- culpable in Kannada
- ತೆಗಳತಕ್ಕ, ಹಳಿಯತಕ್ಕ, ನಿಂದ್ಯ, ಆಪಾದನೀಯ
- culpable in Punjabi
- ਗੁਨਾਹਗਾਰ gunāhgār
- culpable in Arabic
- مُذْنِب muḏnib, مُخْطِئ muḵṭiʔ, مَلُوم malūm
- culpable in Persian
- مقصر moqasser
Examples of culpable in a sentence
- One who causes another's death by culpable negligence is guilty of second-degree manslaughter.
- Culpable homicide is called murder when you mean to cause someone to die.
- The distinction between murder and culpable homicide not amounting to murder is fine but appreciable.
Synonyms of culpable
Forms of culpable
| comparative | more culpable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most culpable |
Origin of culpable
From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“a fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit.
Words formed from culpable
Phrases with culpable
Questions about culpable
- What does culpable mean?
- Culpable means meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
- What is culpable in Tamil?
- Culpable in Tamil is குற்றத்திற்குரிய, குற்றமுடைய, பழிக்குரிய. See Culpable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is culpable?
- Culpable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce culpable?
- Culpable is pronounced /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ (UK).
Words near culpable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: culpable (page history and authors); culpable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culpable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culpable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); culpable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); culpable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਗੁਨਾਹਗਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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