Definitions for culpability
cul·pa·bil·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blameworthiness, culpability, culpablenessnoun

   a state of guilt

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. culpabilitynoun

   The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Culpabilitynoun

   Blameableness.

   Etymology: from culpable.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Culpability

   In criminal law, culpability, or being culpable, is a measure of the degree to which an agent, such as a person, can be held morally or legally responsible for action and inaction. It has been noted that the word, culpability, "ordinarily has normative force, for in nonlegal English, a person is culpable only if he is justly to blame for his conduct". Culpability therefore marks the dividing line between moral evil, like murder, for which someone may be held legally responsible, and a randomly occurring event, like naturally occurring earthquakes or naturally arriving meteorites, for which no human can be held responsible.

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1. culpability

   Culpability is a term used in criminal law to refer to the degree of responsibility or blame assigned to a person for their actions or wrongdoings. It indicates the extent to which a person can be held legally liable or accountable for their conduct. Culpability often takes into account a person's state of mind, intent, or level of negligence at the time of the act.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Culpabilitynoun

   the state of being culpable

2. Etymology: [Cf. F. culpabilit.]

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1. Culpability

   Culpability descends from the Latin concept of fault. The concept of culpability is intimately tied up with notions of agency, freedom, and free will. All are commonly held to be necessary, but not sufficient, conditions for culpability. In explanations and predictions of human action and inaction, culpability is a measure of the degree to which an agent, such as a person, can be held morally or legally responsible. Culpability marks the dividing line between moral evil, like murder, for which someone may be held responsible and natural evil, like earthquakes, for which no one can be held responsible.

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1. • Guilt

How to pronounce culpability?

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of culpability in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of culpability in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of culpability in a Sentence

1. Peter Kidd:

   Viewed overall, I consider your moral culpability across both episodes to be high.

2. Condoleezza Rice:

   It is time for coaches, athletic directors, University Presidents, Boards of Trustees, the NCAA leadership and staff, apparel companies, agents, pre-collegiate coaches – and yes, parents and athletes – to accept their culpability in getting us to where we are today.

3. James Goldston:

   Often international criminal investigations begin with the' crime base' -- authenticated images, witness testimonies and other evidence concerning killings, torture, rape or other prohibited offenses which may constitute war crimes or crimes against humanity -- and proceed upward along a chain of military or political authority to demonstrate the culpability of those who ordered, or who knew of but failed to prevent/punish, the commission of such crimes.

4. Andrew Green:

   It will still be necessary to establish personal culpability. I think establishing personal culpability will always be a very big ask when you are dealing with senior bankers.

5. Bart Starr Jr.:

   Simply being at the wrong place where someone else shows up and then starts firing at police officers is not a reason to assign culpability to someone else.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=culpability
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Culpability
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=culpability
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culpability
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/culpability
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=culpability