SINCE 1828
culpability
noun
cul·pa·bil·i·ty
| \ ˌkəl-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē
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Definition of culpability
: responsibility for wrongdoing or failure : the quality or state of being culpable
moral/legal/criminal culpability He refuses to acknowledge his own culpability. Culpability for our failure to reduce petroleum imports falls across the political spectrum.— Gregg Easterbrook
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