Synonyms of culpability

culpability

noun

ˌkəl-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

as in blame

responsibility for wrongdoing or failure

cannot find culpability where there is neither knowledge that a crime has been committed nor evidence of intent to commit a crime

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blame
• guilt
• onus
• fault
• complicity
• sinfulness
• accusation
• condemnation
• rap
• blameworthiness
• guiltiness
• remorse
• censure
• denunciation
• regret
• finger-pointing
• reproach
• shame
• self-reproach

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocence
• blamelessness
• guiltlessness
• faultlessness

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of culpability

Once the cause and culpability are established, the focus will shift to allocating financial responsibility and addressing claims for damages. —Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024

Gascon said there was never any question that the brothers carried out the murders but to what degree of culpability should they be held accountable. —Louis Casiano, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024

Chasing after a simpler trail of culpability keeps us circling back, decade after decade, to figure out how the music industry that enabled R. Kelly, a church of the almighty dollar where the hit is holy, has yielded yet another golden-eared terror. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024

Poppe has been focused on turning around the company’s operations, safety record, and culture, after PG&E’s culpability in the 2018 Camp wildfire put the utility into bankruptcy. —Diane Brady, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024