English Explanatory Dictionary

culpable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌlpəbəl/ en-us-culpable.ogg /ˈkɐlpəbəl/

Word forms

culpable more culpable most culpable

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

at fault to blame blameworthy censurable culpable guilty nocent reprehensible

Related words

culpate culprit disculp disculpate exculpate inculpate mea culpa

Derived words

culpability culpable homicide culpable negligence culpableness culpably inculpable nonculpable unculpable
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