culpability
noun
cul·pa·bil·i·ty
ˌkəl-pə-ˈbi-lə-tē 
: responsibility for wrongdoing or failure : the quality or state of being culpable
moral/legal/criminal culpability
He refuses to acknowledge his own culpability.
Culpability for our failure to reduce petroleum imports falls across the political spectrum.—
Gregg Easterbrook
Gregg EasterbrookExamples of culpability in a Sentence
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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The attacker bears all of the culpability; the defender, none of it.
—Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
That report blamed OceanGate, with particular culpability placed on OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who perished in the disaster.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
And defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver revealed Thursday that Fitzpatrick also had culpability on the play.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Others, like Connecticut, combine culpability with parental support programs.
—Caitlin Cavanagh, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
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Oded J K Faran, Oc Register, 21 Oct. 2025
That report blamed OceanGate, with particular culpability placed on OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, who perished in the disaster.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
And defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver revealed Thursday that Fitzpatrick also had culpability on the play.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
Others, like Connecticut, combine culpability with parental support programs.
—Caitlin Cavanagh, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for culpability
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“Culpability.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culpability. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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