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
With Bunraku puppets, culpability for unbearable individual acts is shared, making intimate human violence possible and even disturbingly beautiful.
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Of course, that's assuming that any independent investigation of the crisis doesn't point culpability in Newsom's direction for governance and preparedness failures.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
His attorney, Erica Wolff, issued a statement on Oct. 1 denying his culpability in the upcoming wave of suits.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
According to a Kremlin readout, Putin apologized for the incident without explicitly admitting culpability.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Of course, that's assuming that any independent investigation of the crisis doesn't point culpability in Newsom's direction for governance and preparedness failures.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
His attorney, Erica Wolff, issued a statement on Oct. 1 denying his culpability in the upcoming wave of suits.
—William Earl, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
According to a Kremlin readout, Putin apologized for the incident without explicitly admitting culpability.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
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“Culpability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpability. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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