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CULPABILITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CULPABILITY?

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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Culpability as a Noun
Definitions of "Culpability" as a noun
Synonyms of "Culpability" as a noun (9 Words)
Usage Examples of "Culpability" as a noun
Associations of "Culpability" (30 Words)

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.