culpableness

/,kʌlpə'biliti/ Cách viết khác : (culpableness) /'kʌlpəblnis/

Thân thiện

The defendant's culpableness was clear from the evidence.

Definition

Noun: 1. The state or quality of being deserving of blame or censure; guilt or blameworthiness. This refers to the condition of having committed a fault or offense, making one liable to accusation or condemnation.

Usage

"Culpableness" is a formal noun used to describe the abstract condition of being at fault. It is often used in legal, ethical, or moral discussions to assign responsibility. * The investigation focused on establishing the culpableness of the officials involved. * His admission of culpableness was a crucial moment in the trial.

Advanced Usage

• Moral culpableness: This phrase specifies blameworthiness in the context of ethical principles rather than strictly legal ones.
  • The philosopher argued that ignorance does not always absolve one of moral culpableness.

Variants and Related Words

• Culpability (noun): This is a more common synonym with identical meaning. "Culpability" is often preferred in modern usage.
  • The report questioned the culpability of the corporation in the environmental disaster.
• Culpable (adjective): Deserving blame.
  • The judge found the defendant culpable of negligence.
• Inculpable (adjective): Not deserving blame; blameless.

Synonyms

• Blameworthiness: The quality of being responsible for a fault or wrong.
• Guilt: The fact of having committed a specified or implied offense.
• Responsibility: The state of being the primary cause of something and so able to be blamed or credited for it.

Antonyms

• Innocence: The state of being not guilty of a crime or offense.
• Blamelessness: The quality of being free from guilt or responsibility for wrongdoing.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a state of guilt

Từ đồng nghĩa

• blameworthiness
• culpability