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Synonyms for culpability
cul·pa·bil·i·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
blameworthiness, culpability, culpablenessnoun
a state of guilt
Synonyms:
culpableness, blameworthiness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
culpabilitynoun
Synonyms:
guiltiness, guilt, culpableness, blame, sinfulness, criminality
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #5928 | guilty | |
| #7199 | blame | |
| #12311 | guilt | |
| #61612 | culpability |
How to use culpability in a sentence?
Viewed overall, I consider your moral culpability across both episodes to be high.
What took place was simultaneously a tragedy for three families of police officers, but now another potential tragedy because the system has failed an individual, simply being at the wrong place where someone else shows up and then starts firing at police officers is not a reason to assign culpability to someone else.
Often international criminal investigations begin with the' crime base' -- authenticated images, witness testimonies and other evidence concerning killings, torture, rape or other prohibited offenses which may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity -- and proceed upward along a chain of military or political authority to demonstrate the culpability of those who ordered, or who knew of but failed to prevent/punish, the commission of such crimes.
For years, Hillary Clinton and her cohorts attempted to shield themselves from culpability by directing others to do their dirty work for them.
I am quite sure that N's culpability was reduced as result of his profound impairments, his understanding of what went on must have been far more limited than a 14 year old operating at a level without his deficits.
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