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culpability

[ UK /kˌʌlpəbˈɪlɪti/ ]
[ US /ˌkəɫpəˈbɪɫɪti/ ]
NOUN
  1. a state of guilt

How To Use culpability In A Sentence

  • Not only are offenders presented with indisputable evidence of culpability, but also unconnected suspects rely on the technique to prove their innocence. Times, Sunday Times
  • The seriousness of the wrongdoing involved in such offences must be assessed by reference to the interests affected, the remoteness of the harm from the conduct, and culpability.
  • The criminal law normally reflects culpability and blameworthiness for moral wrong in a general sense.
  • There may be lassitude in the federal response to natural disaster, but that is not the same as culpability, and still less is it culpability for the failings the critics invariably cite.
  • The culpability is greater when the intention of deceiving entails the risk of deadly consequences for those who are led astray.
  • It was a kind gesture but one that would be unlikely today because it might imply culpability and lead to litigation.
  • Even if those claims prove untrue, moral culpability remains fixedly weighted against the idea that he should be able to walk away from the scandal.
  • In such circumstances actual results influence judgments of responsibility and culpability even though the agent did not contemplate the result which occurred.
  • Police are investigating whether there is any criminal culpability surrounding how the indoor arena was being operated.
  • My cosmopolitanism, my ability to read ancient Tamil love poetry, my advanced degrees become irrelevant in the face of such appalling culpability.
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