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culpableness

culpableness

9.0
Being at fault for doing something wrong
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlpəblnəs/
translation icon : culpabilidad
  • The court must determine the culpableness of each defendant before passing judgment.

Examples

  • Her lawyer argued that her culpableness was less than that of her accomplices.

  • The culpableness of the defendant was evident during the trial.

  • Debate about the culpableness of the executive continued throughout the hearing.

  • Her culpableness in the incident was questioned by the committee.

  • The court must determine the culpableness of each defendant before passing judgment.

  • Her lawyer argued that her culpableness was less than that of her accomplices.

  • Her culpableness in the incident was questioned by the committee.

Synonyms

fault
vsculpableness
∞ 1.8

A mistake or personal weakness that causes people to blame someone

is about moral blameworthiness rather than simple error or mistake
guilt
vsculpableness
187 2.7

Responsibility for a crime or other illegal action

describes deserving blame even without proven commission of an offense
culpability
vsculpableness
20 8.3

Being responsible for a fault or doing something wrong

emphasizes the general state of deserving blame rather than assigned responsibility
culpa
vsculpableness
  • Formal
15 9.9

Blame for doing something wrong, often in a legal context

is the general everyday concept of deserving blame across contexts
blameworthiness
vsculpableness
1 7.6

A quality of being at fault for something wrong

has identical meaning but differs only as an alternative form
reprehensibility
vsculpableness
  • Formal
9.1

Being wrong and deserving blame or criticism

focuses narrowly on blameworthiness rather than wider moral judgment

Antonyms

innocence
35 3.6

Being free from doing wrong or evil things

blamelessness
6.9

A state of not having done anything wrong

How Blameworthy

guilt
375 2.4
culpableness
9.0
fault
∞ 1.8
responsibility
∞ 2.7

Surface Forms

culpableness singular
culpablenesses plural

Morphology

culpableness = culpable (transparent) = culp + able + ness

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'culpable' using '-ness' to indicate the state or quality of being culpable.

Etymology

Culpableness comes from the Latin root culpa meaning 'fault' or 'blame', and the same root appears in the familiar word culprit. The ending -ness turns it into a 'state', so culpableness is the 'state' of being to blame or deserving blame.