culpability

English

Etymology

From Middle French culpabilité.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

culpability (countable and uncountable, plural culpabilities)

  1. The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
    Synonyms: guiltiness; see also Thesaurus:guilt
    criminal culpability
    The investigation established his culpability in the fraud.
    Questions of legal culpability remain unresolved.
  2. The amount of liability for a fault or wrongdoing.
    degree of culpability
    establish culpability

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