culpable

3 definitions found

culpable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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).
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              If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he
              is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his
              measures.                             --Sharp.
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     2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
        Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.
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culpable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  culpable
      adj 1: deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or
             injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";
             "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn:
             blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful,
             censurable, culpable]

culpable - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "culpable":
     accusable, amiss, arraignable, at fault, blamable, blameful,
     blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, criminal, faulty, guilty,
     impeachable, implicated, imputable, inculpated, indictable,
     involved, open to criticism, peccant, reprehensible, reproachable,
     reprovable, sinful, to blame, unholy