Culpability
noun
Responsible for doing something wrong or causing harm.
The investigators are trying to prove his culpability.
Often appears as...
- assess culpability
- deny culpability
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Formal
Academic
noun
Responsible for doing something wrong or causing harm.
The investigators are trying to prove his culpability.
Often appears as...
- assess culpability
- deny culpability
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Associations
Culpability is often used in legal contexts to describe levels of guilt or blameworthiness.
The defendant's level of culpability was debated in court.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Responsibility
Outside of law, 'culpability' can refer to moral responsibility for a negative action or outcome.
He admitted his culpability in the failure of the project.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Crime
Culpability doesn't only apply to crimes; it can also be about ethical wrongs in various scenarios.
The CEO accepted culpability for the company's unethical practices.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Associations
Culpability is often used in legal contexts to describe levels of guilt or blameworthiness.
The defendant's level of culpability was debated in court.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Responsibility
Outside of law, 'culpability' can refer to moral responsibility for a negative action or outcome.
He admitted his culpability in the failure of the project.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Crime
Culpability doesn't only apply to crimes; it can also be about ethical wrongs in various scenarios.
The CEO accepted culpability for the company's unethical practices.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Associations
Culpability is often used in legal contexts to describe levels of guilt or blameworthiness.
The defendant's level of culpability was debated in court.
Pro Tip 2/3Moral Responsibility
Outside of law, 'culpability' can refer to moral responsibility for a negative action or outcome.
He admitted his culpability in the failure of the project.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Crime
Culpability doesn't only apply to crimes; it can also be about ethical wrongs in various scenarios.
The CEO accepted culpability for the company's unethical practices.
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isn't just being shaped in these ways that seem to be distorting around race they're also distorted by poverty we have a system of justice in this country that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent wealth not culpability
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But without warning, globally, we're learning to work together in ways we could never have imagined. Having watched young people from around the world rising up and going out into the streets to remind us of our culpability and chastising us for our inaction
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We need to talk about an...
isn't just being shaped in these ways that seem to be distorting around race they're also distorted by poverty we have a system of justice in this country that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent wealth not culpability
Video examples
Let's make the world...
But without warning, globally, we're learning to work together in ways we could never have imagined. Having watched young people from around the world rising up and going out into the streets to remind us of our culpability and chastising us for our inaction
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Steve Stoute
American Businessman
Does the Grammys intentionally use artists for their celebrity, popularity, and cultural appeal when they already know the winners and then program a show against this expectation? Meanwhile, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences hides behind the 'peer' voting system to escape culpability for not even rethinking its approach.
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Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
In general, preliminary Force Protection information is shared throughout the national security community - and with U.S. allies - as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of coalition forces overseas. Leaks compromise and disrupt the critical interagency work to collect, assess, and ascribe culpability.
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Perianne Boring
American Businesswoman
Applying criminal law to the exchange of bitcoin on behalf of ransomware victims would create a morally shocking result of re-victimizing a victim. All lawfully operating digital currency exchanges would thereafter refuse to exchange bitcoin for ransomware victims for fear of criminal culpability.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
It is easy not to support the death penalty when there is doubt about the culpability of the person sitting in the chair; it is harder to sustain such principles when the crime of the accused is morally indefensible.
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Ruth Bradley
Irish Actress
If you're aware of a pattern, you can do something about it, and you can be aware of your own culpability. I like to think I can do that, but, like everyone else, I'm a work in progress.
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Rob Corddry
American Comedian
The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.
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Leslie Morgan Steiner
American Author
Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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Roger Mahony
American Clergyman
It's hard to determine where lies culpability.
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Steve Stoute
American Businessman
Does the Grammys intentionally use artists for their celebrity, popularity, and cultural appeal when they already know the winners and then program a show against this expectation? Meanwhile, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences hides behind the 'peer' voting system to escape culpability for not even rethinking its approach.
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Gina Haspel
American Public Servant
In general, preliminary Force Protection information is shared throughout the national security community - and with U.S. allies - as part of our ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of coalition forces overseas. Leaks compromise and disrupt the critical interagency work to collect, assess, and ascribe culpability.
Quote examples
Perianne Boring
American Businesswoman
Applying criminal law to the exchange of bitcoin on behalf of ransomware victims would create a morally shocking result of re-victimizing a victim. All lawfully operating digital currency exchanges would thereafter refuse to exchange bitcoin for ransomware victims for fear of criminal culpability.
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Clint Smith
American Writer
It is easy not to support the death penalty when there is doubt about the culpability of the person sitting in the chair; it is harder to sustain such principles when the crime of the accused is morally indefensible.
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Ruth Bradley
Irish Actress
If you're aware of a pattern, you can do something about it, and you can be aware of your own culpability. I like to think I can do that, but, like everyone else, I'm a work in progress.
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Rob Corddry
American Comedian
The show is a satire, which gives us freedom to do anything we want. Satire is the magic word that wipes away any culpability. The media is jealous of this freedom.
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Leslie Morgan Steiner
American Author
Family violence is a criminal act; perpetrators, while often former victims themselves, need to accept culpability.
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Rand Paul
American Politician
In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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Roger Mahony
American Clergyman
It's hard to determine where lies culpability.
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