ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsCculpable
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culpable
Meaning: deserving blame for a wrongful act
culpable in a sentence
How culpable is used in real sentences:
The investigation found the manager culpable for the safety violations.
Executives tried to avoid appearing culpable when the scandal broke.
“At trial, prosecutors argued that Soria was culpable because he had financed the plot and supplied its leaders with access to the palace.”
— from the passage The Cipher at Court
“The figures made councilors appear culpable: minutes showed they had approved dredging after engineers warned of erosion.”
— from the passage The Altered Shore
Synonyms for culpable
Other words for culpable — blameworthy, guilty and liable — carry the same meaning.
- blameworthy
- guilty
- liable
Antonyms of culpable
Words that mean the opposite of culpable:
- innocent
- blameless
Where it comes from
From Latin culpa 'fault, blame'
Memory hook
CULP-able — has CULPa (blame) written all over it, so deserving of blame.