culpable

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 2 Spanish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English culpable < Old French culpable < Latin culpabilis (“‘blameworthy’”) < culpare (“‘to blame, condemn’”) < culpa (“‘fault, crime, mistake’”)

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culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)

1. meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy

   I am culpable for stealing your money.

[edit] Derived terms

• culpability
• culpably
• culpable negligence

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[edit] External links

• culpable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• culpable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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[edit] Adjective

culpable m. and f. (plural culpables)

1. guilty
2. culpable

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culpable m. and f. (plural culpables)

1. The people responsible

[edit] Related terms

• culpa
• culpar