culpableadjective
uk/ˈkʌl.pə.bəl/us/ˈkʌl.pə.bəl/formaldeserving to be blamed or considered responsible for something bad:
He was held culpable (= blamed) for all that had happened.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Guilty
- answerable
- blameworthy
- blood
- convict
- conviction
- guilt
- have (sb's) blood on your hands idiom
- responsible
- suspect
culpability
noun [ U ] uk/ˌkʌl.pəˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌkʌl.pəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
After the accident, the company refused to accept culpability.
culpably
adverb uk/ˈkʌl.pə.bli/us/ˈkʌl.pə.bli/