Need another word that means the same as “culpability”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “culpability” in this overview.
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The synonyms of “Culpability” are: blameworthiness, culpableness, guilt, blame, fault, responsibility, accountability, liability, answerability
Culpability as a Noun
Definitions of "Culpability" as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “culpability” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- Responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.
- A state of guilt.
Synonyms of "Culpability" as a noun (9 Words)
accountability | Responsibility to someone or for some activity. Lack of accountability has corroded public respect for business and political leaders. |
answerability | Responsibility for explaining or justifying one’s actions. The answerability of governments to the citizenry. |
blame | A reproach for some lapse or misdeed. They are trying to put the blame on us. |
blameworthiness | A state of guilt. |
culpableness | A state of guilt. |
fault | Responsibility for a bad situation or event. A landscape broken by numerous faults. |
guilt | The state of having committed an offense. It is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner s guilt. |
liability | A person or thing whose presence or behaviour is likely to put one at a disadvantage. She said the party had become a liability to green politics. |
responsibility | The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. He holds a position of great responsibility. |
Usage Examples of "Culpability" as a noun
- A level of moral culpability.
Associations of "Culpability" (30 Words)
allegation | A formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law. An allegation of malpractice. |
convict | A person who has been convicted of a criminal offense. The thieves were convicted of the robbery. |
conviction | A final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed. She takes pride in stating her political convictions. |
criminal | A person who has committed a crime. A criminal offence. |
delinquency | Minor crime, especially that committed by young people. Social causes of crime and delinquency. |
delinquent | A delinquent person. Juvenile delinquents. |
depraved | Morally corrupt; wicked. He was a depraved lecher. |
felonious | Relating to or of the nature of felony. They turned their felonious talents to the smuggling trade. |
felony | A crime regarded in the US and many other judicial systems as more serious than a misdemeanour. An accusation of felony. |
forgive | Stop blaming or grant forgiveness. He proposed that their debts should be forgiven. |
immoral | Not adhering to ethical or moral principles. They considered colonialism immoral. |
improper | Not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention. Improper attire for the golf course. |
inequitable | Unfair; unjust. Inequitable taxation. |
inmate | A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison. Inmates of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. |
killer | An extremely difficult or unpleasant thing. Heart disease is the biggest killer in the United States. |
licentious | Disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style. Unlike many of the artists who frequented the Soho scene of the 1960s he did not lead a licentious life. |
malfeasance | Wrongdoing, especially (US) by a public official. |
misbehave | (of a person, especially a child) fail to conduct oneself in an acceptable way; behave badly. The children misbehaved all morning. |
misbehavior | Improper or wicked or immoral behavior. |
misconduct | Activity that transgresses moral or civil law. The committee reprimanded two members who were found to have misconducted themselves. |
mistake | To make a mistake or be incorrect. She made the mistake of thinking they were important. |
negligence | Failure to take proper care over something. His injury was due to the negligence of his employers. |
perjury | The offence of wilfully telling an untruth or making a misrepresentation under oath. He claimed two witnesses at his trial had committed perjury. |
perversity | A deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; contrariness. There will always be a few people who through macho perversity gain satisfaction from bullying and terrorism. |
transgression | The spreading of the sea over land as evidenced by the deposition of marine strata over terrestrial strata. Her transgression of genteel etiquette. |
unconscionable | Lacking a conscience. An unconscionable liar. |
unethical | Not morally correct. It is unethical to torment any creature for entertainment. |
unfit | Make unfit or unsuitable. The increase in the number of unfit and overweight children is alarming. |
unjust | Violating principles of justice. Resistance to unjust laws. |
wrong | Treat unjustly do wrong to. I have done you a great wrong. |