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Culpable \Cul"pa*ble\ (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable,
coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also
coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame,
fr. culpa fault.]
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1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral;
criminal. --State Trials (1413).
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If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he
is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his
measures. --Sharp.
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2. Guilty; as, culpable of a crime. [Obs.] --Spenser. --
{Cul"pa*ble*ness}, n. -- {Cul"pa*bly}, adv.
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