cul·pa·ble
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l] Pronunciation Key
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| deserving blame or censure; blameworthy. |
[Origin: 1275–1325; ME < L culpābilis, equiv. to culpā(re) to hold liable (deriv. of culpa blame) + -bilis -ble; r. ME coupable < MF < L as above
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cul·pa·bil·i·ty, cul·pa·ble·ness, noun
cul·pa·bly, adverb
—Synonyms reprehensible.
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culpable
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adj. Deserving of blame or censure as being wrong, evil, improper, or injurious. See Synonyms at blameworthy. [Middle English coupable, from Old French, from Latin culpābilis, from culpāre, to blame, from culpa, fault.] cul'pa·bil'i·ty n., cul'pa·bly adv. |
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culpable
c.1280, coupable, from O.Fr. coupable, from L. culpabilis, from culpa "crime, fault, blame." Both Eng. and Fr. restored the first Latin -l- in later Middle Ages.
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| deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn: blameworthy] |
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culpable [ˈkalpəbl] adjective
deserving blame; guilty
Example: She was the one who committed the crime but he was culpable also.
Example: She was the one who committed the crime but he was culpable also.
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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. --Sharp. 2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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