Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #1294 of 1319

culpable (adj.)

deserving blame

Examples

  • Culpable negligence.

Key rules

  • Culpable means deserving blame or guilt
  • Culpable negligence, culpable behaviour
  • Culpability is the noun

Common mistakes

  • He is culpability → He is culpable
💡 Tip: Law // Blame // Responsibility
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