culpability
pronunciation
How to pronounce culpability in British English:
UK [ˌkʌlpə'bɪlətɪ]
How to pronounce culpability in American English:
US [kʌlpəˈbɪlətɪ]
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- Noun:
- a state of guilt
Word Origin
- culpability (n.)
- 1670s, from Late Latin culpabilitas "guilt, culpability," from Latin culpabilis (see culpable).
Example
- 1. Moral culpability would plague him to the end .
- 2. But it was not until this year , on june 7th , that a court finally ruled on culpability for the accident .
- 3. If google 's original aim was to force an admission of culpability , shake hands and move on , it has failed .
- 4. Culpability , military planners argue in internal pentagon debates , depends on the degree to which the attack , or the weapons themselves , can be linked to a foreign government .
- 5. If the cash were not forthcoming , the african union ( au ) might take a case to a court of arbitration and ask it to judge overall culpability for climate change .