Crossword clues for culpableness
culpableness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Culpableness
Culpable \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault.]
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Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
--State Trials (1413).If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures.
--Sharp. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.]
--Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.
Wiktionary
culpableness
n. The state or quality of being culpable.
WordNet
culpableness
n. a state of guilt [syn: blameworthiness, culpability]