culpable
adjective
[ ˈkʌlpəb(ə)l ]
• deserving blame.
• "mercy killings are less culpable than ‘ordinary’ murders"
Similar:
to blame,
guilty,
at fault,
in the wrong,
blameworthy,
blameable,
censurable,
reproachable,
reprovable,
found wanting,
responsible,
answerable,
liable,
accountable,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘deserving punishment’): from Old French coupable, culpable, from Latin culpabilis, from culpare ‘to blame’, from culpa ‘fault, blame’.
