as in blame
responsibility for wrongdoing or failure
cannot find culpability where there is neither knowledge that a crime has been committed nor evidence of intent to commit a crime
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as in guilty
deserving reproach or blame
are you any less culpable for murder if you acted in the heat of passion?
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Recent Examples of culpability
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 June 2025
France released a scathing assessment of its own culpability.
—The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Director of football Jon Rudkin is the figure many protesters see as the most culpable for Leicester’s decline.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
His longstanding interest in free will led to the 2022 co-edited volume Agency in Mental Disorder, which brings philosophical reasoning about limits and culpability to bear on addiction, mental illness, and psychotherapy.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 9 June 2025
France released a scathing assessment of its own culpability.
—The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2025
Adjective
Two of the men have co-defendants who are the more culpable killers, who are not being executed.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
Director of football Jon Rudkin is the figure many protesters see as the most culpable for Leicester’s decline.
—Rob Tanner, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for culpability
Noun
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Don’t look to nobody else or point blame at somebody else because you ain’t reached or tapped into your blessings yet.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
7 July 2025
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The balance of the blame fell on the college, according to the judge.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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In 2023, Thomas Martens pleaded guilty to beating Corbett to death with a bat and Molly Martens pleaded no contest, prompting their respective releases from prison in 2024.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
6 July 2025
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Just when the families thought the ordeal over, Judge Richard Baumgartner, who'd handled all four state cases, pleaded guilty to official misconduct for buying prescription pills from a probationer in 2011.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
The Tennessean,
6 July 2025
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There was overwhelming evidence of his guilt, including his DNA on the knife sheath, cell site evidence the night of the murders, video surveillance of his white Hyundai Elantra, and Amazon search and purchase history of the murder weapon.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Still unaware of the Front Man’s true identity, Gi-hun grapples with survivor’s guilt and begs to be killed.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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His Stoic Challenge framework invites you to see a setback not as something terrible, blameworthy or unfair but instead as a test of your ingenuity and resilience.—
Hanna Hart,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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But Miss Manners acknowledges that there is also the less blameworthy impulse to offer comfort — not just sympathy — when there is no real comfort to be offered.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Culpability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpability. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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