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–adjective

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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—Related forms

cul·pa·bil·i·ty, cul·pa·ble·ness, noun

cul·pa·bly, adverb

—Synonyms reprehensible.

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cul·pa·ble Audio Help (kŭl'pə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
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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culpable
adjective
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.

Arabic:	مَلوم، مُستَحِق اللوم
Chinese (Simplified):	应受谴责的, 该责备的
Chinese (Traditional):	應受譴責的, 該責備的
Czech:	zasluhující trest, vinný
Danish:	strafansvarlig; skyldig
Dutch:	schuldig
Estonian:	süüdiolev, süüdi, karistust väärt
Finnish:	syyllinen
French:	coupable
German:	schuldhaft
Greek:	υπαίτιος, ένοχος
Hungarian:	bűnös
Icelandic:	saknæmur, sekur
Indonesian:	bersalah
Italian:	colpevole

Japanese:	過失のある
Korean:	비난받을 만한
Latvian:	vainīgs; sodāms
Lithuanian:	kaltintinas, smerktinas
Norwegian:	straffskyldig, (med)skyldig
Polish:	winny
Portuguese (Brazil):	culpado
Portuguese (Portugal):	culpado
Romanian:	culpabil, vinovat
Russian:	виновный
Slovak:	vinný
Slovenian:	(so)kriv
Spanish:	culpable
Swedish:	brottslig, skyldig
Turkish:	kabahatli, suçlu

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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.

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