culpableness
/,kʌlpə'biliti/ Cách viết khác : (culpableness) /'kʌlpəblnis/
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.
Noun
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a state of guilt
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