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10 Language-to-English DictionariesCulpability
/ˌʌlpəˈbɪlɪti/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Responsibility for a fault or wrong; blameworthiness.
"Both companies share culpability for the environmental disaster."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin culpabilitas, from Latin culpabilis (blameworthy), from culpa (fault, blame).
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Culpability" is said worldwide
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culpabilité
Transliteration: culpabilité
"Il a admis sa culpabilité dans cette affaire."
Schuld
Transliteration: Schuld
"Niemand wollte die Verantwortung und die Schuld übernehmen."
colpevolezza
Transliteration: colpevolezza
"Le prove dimostrano la sua colpevolezza."
culpabilidad
Transliteration: culpabilidad
"El juez determinó la culpabilidad del acusado."
culpabilidade
Transliteration: culpabilidade
"A investigação tentou apurar a culpabilidade de todos os envolvidos."
अपराध बोध
Transliteration: apradh bodh
"दुर्घटना में उसकी culpability (आपराधिकता) स्पष्ट थी।"
可责性
Transliteration: kě zé xìng
"这起事故的各方都难辞其咎（有共同的可责性）。"
과실 책임
Transliteration: gwasil chaegim
"그는 이번 사고에 대한 법적 책임을 부인했다."
責任
Transliteration: sekinin
"企業側の法的責任が問われている。"
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