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
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Recent Examples of culpability
Ought Yasmin take their urging and accept culpability for her family?
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Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Caspar did not agree, at least not entirely, that the woman was without blame or culpability.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
His culpability in the loss of Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway in the dual offer sheet gambit by the St. Louis Blues is still being debated among Oilers fans.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Garland appointed Smith in late November 2022, more than two years after President Biden had defeated Trump.
Opinions as to Trump’s criminal culpability divide along largely partisan lines, like so much else in contemporary American life.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
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Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Caspar did not agree, at least not entirely, that the woman was without blame or culpability.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
His culpability in the loss of Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway in the dual offer sheet gambit by the St. Louis Blues is still being debated among Oilers fans.
—Allan Mitchell, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
Garland appointed Smith in late November 2022, more than two years after President Biden had defeated Trump.
Opinions as to Trump’s criminal culpability divide along largely partisan lines, like so much else in contemporary American life.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Culpability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpability. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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