Vocabulary
Culpability
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
responsibility for a fault or wrong; blame.
Urdu meaning
مجرم، قابل مواخذہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- His singular culpability has been questioned ever since.
- India`s culpability under international law thus obliges it to pay Pakistan reparations for the damage caused by its illegal acts.
- TV channels spewing hate and demanding retribution against a rival country, without substantiating its culpability, have crossed all limits of rationality and objectivity.
- Evidence shows that a person may not have formed the criminal intent to commit a crime the mens rea which would diminish their culpability and attract diversionary measures.
- The US won`t be able to evade culpability unless it conjures up the courage to halt arms shipments to its primary Middle Eastern proxy as it pursues its misanthropic aims.
Synonyms
guilt, blame, fault, responsibility, accountability, liability
Curator example
“a level of moral culpability”
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