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• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈkʌlpəbəl/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈkɐlpəbəl/

形容詞

culpable (comparative more culpable, superlative most culpable)

1. Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.
   • 1971, Nancy Walker, “Out Of The Closet And Into The World”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 13:

     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 esteem

   Synonyms: at fault, to blame; see also Thesaurus:guilty

   I am culpable for stealing your money.

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Further reading

• “culpable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “culpable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.