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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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The first known use of culpability was in 1652
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