culpable
adjCA, US, UK /ˈkʌlpəbəl/ · AU, NZ /ˈkɐlpəbəl/
Etymology From Middle English culpable, from Old French culpable, from Latin culpābilis (“blameworthy”), from culpō (“to blame, condemn”), from culpa (“a fault, crime, mistake”). Compare also culprit.
1
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
- I am culpable for stealing your money.
- It would be […] impossible to list all the reasons why one might keep their sexuality hidden, and by no means is it culpable for a person to fear for their job or their family's esteem1971, Nancy Walker, “Out Of The Closet And Into The World”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 13:
- Derived terms
- culpability, culpable homicide, culpable negligence, culpableness, culpably, inculpable, nonculpable, unculpable