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
According to a Kremlin readout, Putin apologized for the incident without explicitly admitting culpability.
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David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
In the past, researchers have pinned culpability on the rapidly warming climate, arguing that Pleistocene beasts were unable to adapt as the world climbed out of an ice age.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Ought Yasmin take their urging and accept culpability for her family?
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Caspar did not agree, at least not entirely, that the woman was without blame or culpability.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024
In the past, researchers have pinned culpability on the rapidly warming climate, arguing that Pleistocene beasts were unable to adapt as the world climbed out of an ice age.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
Ought Yasmin take their urging and accept culpability for her family?
—Nina Li Coomes, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2024
Caspar did not agree, at least not entirely, that the woman was without blame or culpability.
—Brandon Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Culpability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/culpability. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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