'Culpable' definitions:
Definition of 'culpable'
From: WordNet
adjective
Deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior"; "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn: blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful, censurable, culpable]
Definition of 'Culpable'
From: GCIDE
- Culpable \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. --State Trials (1413). [1913 Webster]
- If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. --Sharp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. -- {Cul"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cul"pa*bly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'culpable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accusable,
- amiss,
- arraignable,
- at fault,
- blamable,
- blameful,
- blameworthy,
- censurable,
- chargeable,
- criminal,
- faulty,
- guilty,
- impeachable,
- implicated,
- imputable,
- inculpated,
- indictable,
- involved,
- open to criticism,
- peccant,
- reprehensible,
- reproachable,
- reprovable,
- sinful,
- to blame,
- unholy