Antonyms for culpable

Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhl-puh-buhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl pə bəl

Definition of culpable

Origin : late 13c., coupable, from Old French coupable (12c., Modern French coupable), from Latin culpabilis "worthy of blame," from culpare "to blame," from culpa "crime, fault, blame, guilt, error." English (and for a time French) restored the first Latin -l- in later Middle Ages.

adj responsible for action

Example sentences :

Knowing what human nature is, we cannot wonder at this disposition, culpable as it was.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

She referred to her son's culpable connection with Baroness Duvillard.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I don't believe the police have been culpable; they have only been faint-hearted.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

And as there were some murmurs at this remark; "Culpable, I repeat the word," he continued.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

De Chemerant, you are as culpable as this miserable scoundrel.
Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue

I would not do anything which in the eye of the world, might render me culpable.
Extract from : « The Autobiography of Madame Guyon » by Jeanne Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

You are as culpable if you injure another as another would be if he injured you.
Extract from : « The Etiquette of To-day » by Edith B. Ordway

This self-indulgence on your part, my dear Paterfamilias, is weak, vain—not to say culpable.
Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray

This, however, is not culpable, and it has even been unavoidable.
Extract from : « The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Volume Five » by Abraham Lincoln

This, as I know from culpable personal experience, is a fault.
Extract from : « Lines in Pleasant Places » by William Senior

Synonyms for culpable

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