Synonyms for culpability
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Noun
1. Guilt — the degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
Questions of legal culpability remain unresolved.
Related words
- Word family
- culpable
Forms
- Plural
- culpabilities → guilts, criminalities, guiltinesses…
Example sentences
- blame It sounds as if he were to blame for the disaster.
- guilt The fingerprints on the knife attest to her guilt.
- criminality Institutionalized criminality will likely remain in Morocco.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| culpability | rising | |
| blame | rising | |
| guilt | rising | |
| criminality | rising | |
| guiltiness | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- blame1, guilt1
- 10 letters
- guiltiness
- 11 letters
- criminality5
- 12 letters
- culpableness
- 15 letters
- blameworthiness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (criminality5 = 5 syllables).