Culpable

[cul·pa·ble]

If a child tells his mother he was not to blame for the cookie jar being broken, she could still find him culpable if he was the only one home. Culpable means to be at fault.

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Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.

Adjective S.
deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence"


a.
Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.

a.
Guilty; as, culpable of a crime.


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.] 1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials (1413).
If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures.
2. Guilty; as, clpable of a crime. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.

Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.

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