culpability

Noun

Meaning

The state of being culpable.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

blameworthiness culpableness error crime responsibility wrong corruption guilty sin burden fault obligation guilt liability blame
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Antonyms

distance freedom detachment innocence indifference cruelty
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Hypernyms

guilt guiltiness

Phrases with the word

individual culpability

Derivatives

culpabilities

Examples

The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom. Rob Corddry

It's hard to determine where lies culpability. Roger Mahony

The destruction was mutual. We went to Vietnam without any desire to capture territory or impose American will on other people. I don't feel that we ought to apologize or castigate ourselves or to assume the status of culpability. Jimmy Carter

This is not a Christian versus Jewish thing. '(Jesus) came into the world and it knew him not.' Looking at Christ's crucifixion, I look first at my own culpability in that. Mel Gibson

Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability. Leslie Morgan Steiner

According to this view, the law should be geared to culpability not mere psychiatric diagnosis. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

culottes Culp culpa culpable culpable act culpable homicide