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culpe

culpe noun: blameworthiness; fault.

Noun

culpe (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) blameworthiness; fault
    • Banished out of the realme […] without culpe.a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...

Origin of culpe

From French coulpe, from Latin culpa. Compare culpable, culprit.

Questions about culpe

What does culpe mean?
Culpe means blameworthiness; fault.
What part of speech is culpe?
Culpe is a noun.

Words near culpe in the dictionary

  1. culpable negligence
  2. culpableness
  3. culpably
  4. culpae
  5. culpatory
  6. culpe
  7. culpeo
  8. culpeos
  9. Culpeper
  10. Culpeper County
  11. Culpepper

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