culpability
noun/ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/
Etymology From Middle French culpabilité.
1
The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
- criminal culpability
- The investigation established his culpability in the fraud.
1 more example
- Questions of legal culpability remain unresolved.
2
The amount of liability for a fault or wrongdoing.
- degree of culpability
- establish culpability
- Derived terms
- inculpability
- Related terms
- culpable