culpable

Adjective
Synonyms: blameworthyblamableblameableblamefulcensurable

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious“blameworthy if not criminal behavior”“censurable misconduct”“culpable negligence”Synonyms: blameworthyblamableblameableblamefulcensurable
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Culpable \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault.] [1913 Webster]

1.Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. --State Trials (1413). [1913 Webster]

If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures.— Sharp.[1913 Webster]

2.Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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