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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

accusable, amiss, arraignable, at fault, blamable, blameful, blameworthy, censurable, chargeable, criminal, faulty, guilty, impeachable, implicated, imputable, inculpated, indictable, involved, open to criticism, peccant, reprehensible, reproachable, reprovable, sinful, to blame, unholy

Dictionary Results for culpable:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

culpable
    adj 1: deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or
           injurious; "blameworthy if not criminal behavior";
           "censurable misconduct"; "culpable negligence" [syn:
           blameworthy, blamable, blameable, blameful,
           censurable, culpable]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral;
      criminal. --State Trials (1413).
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            If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he
            is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his
            measures.                             --Sharp.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
      Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]

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